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BBC Sport looks back at some of the most memorable moments from the World Athletics Championships in 1983.

BBC Sport's Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe assess Mo Farah's World Championships 10,000m gold and his prospects of a 'double-double'

Just like at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu two years ago, the longest race on the track boiled down to a last-lap battle between Great Britain's Mo Farah and Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan, but this time the roles wer...

The cream rose to the top in the men's Hammer Throw qualifying, with the four men to have thrown farther than 80 metres in 2013 and the next two closest all sealing places in Monday night's final.

Milcah Chemos's quest for a long-awaited global gold medal was made easier before she even took to the start-line for this evening's 3000m Steeplechase heats.

The 2007 World champion Christine Ohuruogu laid down a clear marker of her gold-medal intentions by blitzing to the fastest ever women's 400m first-round time in World Championships history.

Ashton Eaton needed only one event to kick himself back into the groove following a greatly disappointing High Jump performance and he did it in style in the 400m.

The High Jump, the fourth event of the Decathlon, proved to be the event which changed the whole competition.

Edna Kiplagat recovered from a sluggish opening 10km to become the first woman in history to land back-to-back World marathon titles in an absorbing race.

Just as the opening ceremonies began with a video review of images from previous World Championships, the first finals of the 2013 edition were their own review of the last World Championships in Daegu, 2011.

"Defending is hard... If you're running for the first time, no one knows who you are but going to defend, everybody is going to look at you."

• Christine Ohuruogu looks a good bet in the women's 400m• Greg Rutherford hopes to overcome his troublesome hamstring DAY 2: SUNDAY Usain Bolt attempts to regain the world 100m title in the absence of Tyson Gay, Asa...

• Usain Bolt has time to watch himself on scoreboard in 100m• Great Britain's James Dasaolu qualifies only as fastest loser Usain Bolt is used to surfing a wave of teenage-crush adulation from packed crowds but the m...

• Poland's Zaneta Glanc accidentally strikes rival in face• Semenova misses out on discus final - but Glanc qualifies The unluckiest competitor at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow has to be Natalia Semenov...

Usain Bolt comfortably wins his 100m heat to secure a place in Sunday's semi-finals at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Usain Bolt cruises through the 100m heats at the World Championships, but Briton James Dasaolu only makes it as a fastest loser.

Natalia Semenova competes in the discus qualifying at the World Championships despite suffering concussion and a broken nose.

South Africa's Chris Harmse gets his hammer stuck in the netting at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

Watch Mo Farah race to 10,000m gold at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow on Saturday.

Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu cruises into the women's 400m semi-final after winning her heat at the 2013 World Championships.

The preliminary round of the men's 100m is not where you would expect to find a man who has run 9.91, or finished fourth and fifth in the past two World Championships finals.

The Decathlon competition of the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow started in good conditions and with some promising results.