Athletics News

Adam Gemili has the mental toughness to win medals at the highest level, says double Olympic champion Donovan Bailey.

Ethiopian inquiry after world championship race underlines the money versus prestige and pride factor in athletics There was shock on Saturday 10 August when Tiki Gelana, the Olympic champion from Ethiopia, pulled out of...

• Usain Bolt wins in 19.66sec to take seventh world title• Adam Gemili misses medal by four hundredths of a second This time, there was no need for lightning to provide a surge of electricity over the Luzhniki stadiu...

Sprinting legend Usain Bolt storms to his third straight world 200m title in Moscow, Russia.

Britain's 4x400m relay team secure a bronze medal at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Tiffany Porter wins GB's first ever 100m hurdles World Championship medal in a personal best time of 12.55 seconds.

A stunning burst of acceleration over the final two kilometres by Stephen Kiprotich helped the Ugandan become only the second man in history - the other being Ethiopian Gezahegne Abera - to add a World Marathon title to ...

From the Marathon at 1530 local time to the 200m final at 2010, Saturday's action on the eighth day of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium looks to be a quality affair all the way through.

Tatyana Lysenko completed an impressive hat-trick of global titles when the Russian added her second consecutive IAAF World Championships gold medal to the London 2012 Olympic Games title from last year.

Mo Farah reflects on his achievements after becoming only the second man in history to complete an Olympic and world 'double double' in the 5,000m and 10,000m.

Olympic champion Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich adds to his medal haul by winning gold in the men's marathon in Moscow.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who added the 200m title here to the 100m version she regained earlier in the week, did not see four-times winner Allyson Felix drop out of contention after 40 metres of the final, but the Jamaic...

Two years ago, David Storl shocked the Shot Put hierarchy in Daegu when he won the competition on the very last throw to become the youngest World champion in his discipline.

The World Athletics Championships will largely be remembered for empty seats and a muted atmosphere, says BBC Sport's Aimee Lewis in Moscow

Aleksandr Menkov knew the Russian Long Jump record would one day be his, but he never figured it would be like this.

Two memorable doubles at the longest and shortest track distances highlighted Friday evening's action at Luzhniki Stadium during the IAAF World Championships here in Moscow.