Athletics News

The men's 200m heats were surprisingly uneventful.

Watch BBC Two highlights of day five from the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

BBC Sport's Michael Johnson and Dai Greene dissects how Olympic champion David Rudisha won his second world title in the 800m final.

Greg Rutherford says he answered the critics who said his Olympic success was a fluke by winning world long jump gold.

Watch some of the more bizarre moments from day four at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Britain's Laura Muir says she is delighted with fifth place in a top-quality field in the World Championships 1500m final.

The IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 reaches the half-way point on Wednesday (26). Here is a quintet of things to watch out for.

Nine years ago in Beijing, he was named the 'Pride of Africa' by local journalist after winning the world junior title, a day that marked the beginning of a glorious career.

Olympic champion David Rudisha wins his second world title with a commanding performance in the 800m final.

For the partisan crowd that had filled the Bird's Nest Stadium, the men's long jump - with three Chinese finalists - was the highlight of the evening.

It took little more than four minutes for Genzebe Dibaba to run the full 1500m distance, but the damage was all done in the last two.

Great Britain's Greg Rutherford wins long jump gold at the World Championships in Beijing to claim all four major titles.

Kenya had won 45 gold medals in the history of the IAAF World Championships prior to the gun going for the start of the men's 400m hurdles on Tuesday night, but none of them had been in an event shorter than 800m.

Watch Olympic champion David Rudisha hold off all challengers to win the men's 800m final at the World Athletics Championships.

Denia Caballero did not take long to clinch Cuba's first-ever gold medal in the women's discus. On her first attempt, the fourth throw of the competition, she produced a massive 69.28m effort which stood up for the rest ...

Ethiopia's world record holder Genzebe Dibaba takes 1500m gold at the World Athletics Championships.

Kenya's Nicholas Bett claims the gold medal in the 400m hurdles with a World Leading time of 47.79 in Beijing.

Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes and Danny Talbot qualify for the 200m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships.

Mouth watering could be one word used to describe Thursday's women's 400m final after a trio of tasty semi-final appetisers inside a hot and clammy Bird's Nest stadium on Tuesday night.

Sprint rivals Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin ease through the first round of the 200m at the World Athletics Championships.

Isiah Young, a training partner of Justin Gatlin, crashes out of the 200m at the World Championships in Beijing.

Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu reaches the 400m final at the World Championships in Beijing.