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Anniversary games - in pictures
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 21:48Anniversary Games - in pictures
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 21:48Mo Farah cruises to easy win in 3,000m to revive memories of last year
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 20:27
• Olympic double champion in stunning form again• Farah warms up nicely for world championships As he cruised home at least 30 metres clear of the pack to win an effortless 3,000m on his return to the Olympic Stadium...
VIDEO: Bolt anchors 4x100m squad to victory
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 19:09
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt helps Jamaica's Racers Track Club team to victory in the 4x100m relay at the Anniversary Games.
Ohuruogu storms to victory in 400m
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 18:46
Christine Ohuruogu will go into the World Championships in confident mood after winning the 400m at the Anniversary Games.
Hejnova ready to take the gloves off in Moscow medal fight
IAAF - 27 Jul 2013 18:19
A little over a year ago, Zuzana Hejnová cut a slightly forlorn, almost anonymous figure as she trudged off the track in Helsinki.
Popow and Reardon dead-heat, Kobesov gets World record at IPC Athletics World Championships
IAAF - 27 Jul 2013 18:19
Germany's London 2012 Paralympic Games champion Heinrich Popow and his great Australian rival Scott Reardon of Australia shared the spoils in a thrilling 100m T42 final at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, F...
When Sergey met Colin: Sergey Shubenkov meets his Hurdles hero Colin Jackson
IAAF - 27 Jul 2013 18:19
European 110m Hurdles champion Sergey Shubenkov was minding his own business in his Siberian hometown of Barnaul, when suddenly, the former World record-holder and double world 110m Hurdles champion Colin Jackson turned ...
VIDEO: Okagbare beats Fraser-Pryce in 100m
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 18:14
Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare beats Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100m at the Anniversary Games.
VIDEO: Ohuruogu powers to 400m victory
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 17:36
Christine Ohuruogu runs her best time of the season to win the 400m at the Anniversary Games in London's Olympic Stadium.
VIDEO: Ennis-Hill finishes fourth in 100m hurdles
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 15:52
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill says she is "disappointed" with her fourth-placed finish in the 100m hurdles at the Anniversary Games.
Bolt happy with win on London return
BBC - 27 Jul 2013 09:52
Usain Bolt is pleased with his fastest 100m of the year at the Anniversary Games in London's Olympic Stadium.
Kenya's Kiprop makes winning debut at the Giro Podistico di Castelbuono
IAAF - 27 Jul 2013 04:19
Kenya's Wilson Kiprop, the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships winner, added his name to the prestigious list of winners at the Giro Podistico di Castelbuono, a IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Friday night (26).
Warren Weir sends message of intent with 200m win in Anniversary Games
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 01:19
• Jamaican wins in 19.89sec before World Championships• Robbie Grabarz fourth in disappointing high jump With Tyson Gay absent following his recent positive drugs test and Yohan Blake injured, Usain Bolt will go into...
Anniversary Games: British sprint relay team see risks richly rewarded
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 01:13
• Women's quartet's high-risk approach secures emphatic victory• Perri Shakes-Drayton runs personal best in 400m hurdles There were no medals handed out in the Olympic Stadium on Friday night but for Britain's women ...
Usain Bolt lives up to his billing to win 100m at Anniversary Games
The Guardian - 27 Jul 2013 01:07
• Olympic champion wins in 9.85sec after sluggish start • James Dasaolu withdraws, Dwain Chambers is fifth Even now, five years after Usain Bolt burst on to the world stage, the sight of him elastically bounding away...