Athletics










Defar and Sum add drama as Bolt produces standard victory at Zurich Diamond League

By Mike Rowbottom

Usain Bolt won the Diamond League 100 metres in Zurich despite a poor startAugust 29 - On a night when Usain Bolt won at a canter from his 100 metres rivals in the relatively conservative time of 9.90sec, two women's events generated the greatest competitive intensity at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Zurich - which, with the forthcoming event in Brussels on September 7, forms the two-part final of the season-long competition.





Bolt signs off with relay win to become World Championships' most successful athlete

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Usain Bolt celebrates his third gold medal of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow after anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100 metres relayAugust 18 - Fittingly, the athlete of the 14th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships produced its final flourish as Usain Bolt became the event's most successful competitor in securing his third gold here by anchoring the Jamaican relay team to victory in a 4x100 metres relay which the United States needed to win to knock the hosts off the top of the final medals table.