Athletics News
Calvin Smith provides family with second helpings of world records
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 18:22
Calvin Smith was still waiting for the family welcome into the world record breakers' club as he left the track in the Ergo Arena, having brought a momentous conclusion to the three days of the IAAF World Indoor Champion...
Work, rest and play - Ryan Whiting
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 18:22
Two-time world indoor shot put champion Ryan Whiting offers an insight into his life by answering our work, rest and play questions.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: "I just came here and wasn't prepared for the 60m."
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 18:22
When you can boast of the sort of athletic resume that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has, it is little wonder that the Jamaican sprint superstar found herself in strong contention for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 6...
Omo Osaghae: the Red Raider roams afar
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 10:22
The men's 60m hurdles winnert Omo Osaghae really came to win out of the blue.
Report: men's 800m final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
The men's 800m final was one of the most exciting events in the arena this weekend. With two Polish athletes going for the gold, the roar from the crowd was infernal.
Report: men's high jump final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
You know when it's getting to business time in the men's high jump. Ivan Ukhov removes his training tights.
Report: men's triple jump final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
Russia's Lyukman Adams improved on his bronze medal in Istanbul two years ago to snatch the gold in Sopot with a world-leading 17.37m in the sixth and final round.
Report: women's 3000m final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
Four laps into the women's 3000m final, the stadium announcer described the pace as "relatively sedate," which was putting it very mildly.
Report: women's 4x400m final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
The USA asserted their dominance from the outset, storming to a world-leading 3:24.83 victory in an event that, quite surprisingly, the USA have won only once in the history of these championships.
Report: women's 800m final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
The USA has medal pedigree in the women's 800m at the World Indoor Championships - three bronzes, to be precise, courtesy of Joetta Clark in 1997, Alysia Johnson in 2010 and Erica Moore in 2012.
Report: women's pole vault final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
Yarisley Silva finally hit the jackpot following a couple of lesser medals in the past two years. The 26-year-old Cuban only competed once indoors before Sopot, but had no trouble during the competition and only failied ...
World Indoors ends on a high with world indoor 4x400m record - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
Ashton Eaton came close in the heptathlon and Ivan Ukhov wasn't quite at his best in the high jump, but the enthusiastic Sopot crowd were finally rewarded with a world indoor record* in the final event of the championshi...
Report: men's 4x400m final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
The US quartet smashed the 15-year-old men's 4x400m relay world indoor record*, scorching to victory in 3:02.13.
Report: men's 60m hurdles final - Sopot 2014
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
Omo Osaghae surprised the European favourites in the 60m hurdles final and equalled the world lead with a 7.45 winning result, the second personal best during the competition after 7.49 came in the semi-finals.
FLASH - Men's 4x400m relay USA 3:02.13 WORLD INDOOR RECORD
IAAF - 10 Mar 2014 02:22
The USA quartet of Kyle Clemons, David Verburg, Kind Butler III and Calvin Smith set a world indoor record of 3:02.13 in the men's 4x400m relay at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopot 2014 on Sunday (9).