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The IAAF World Championships, Beijing2015 enters its penultimate day. And there are still many things to look forward to.

Ten years after she got her first world title, and in somewhat different conditions to Friday on a chilly night in Helsinki, Tianna Bartoletta pulled out all the stops and flew out to a 2015 world-leading distance of 7.1...

It seems such a simple concept. Produce the most technically accomplished piece of hurdling and win, and that is exactly what Sergey Shubenkov did en route to delivering Russia's first ever global title in the men's 110m...

It will be a different kind of women's javelin final in Beijing, with only four athletes from the 2013 final making it into the top 12 here in Beijing.

The last race of Friday's evening session produced arguably one of the biggest upsets of the day, as none of the principal pre-race favourites finished in the top-three.

Dafne Schippers smashed her personal best and edged Elaine Thompson as she won the 200m final on Friday night, the first outdoor world or Olympic sprint title for the Netherlands since Fanny Blankers-Koen won both sprint...

A quartet of Kenyans, three Americans plus an Algerian, Moroccan, New Zealander, Ethiopian and a British athlete will contest the final on Sunday following two relatively incident-free semi-finals on Friday night.

Great Britain's Tiffany Porter finishes fifth in the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships, missing out on bronze by two hundredths of a second.

It was clear from the first four decathlon events that Ashton Eaton was in great form, but his run in the 400m suggested that he is in the best shape of his life.

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands runs the third-fastest time in history to win 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships.

The semi-finals in the women's 100m hurdles saw two US medal favourites from the leave the track before having a chance to cross the finish line.

Shara Proctor sets a new British long jump record with an effort of 7.07m to win silver at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

USA's Ashton Eaton continues safely on his way to his second straight world decathlon title after clearing 2.01m in the high jump, the fourth event.

Two of America's leading medal hopes fail to make it through to the final of 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

When Gesa Krause was 16 years old, she came to a crossroads.

Although he contested the third event, two-time world champion Trey Hardee's decathlon campaign appears to be over.

With four former winners of this title plus the London 2012 Olympic Games champion, and a clutch of men who have also snared global medals, all lined up to compete in a top quality qualification session this was always g...

Ashton Eaton leads the decathlon comfortably after two events, having scored 2070. The 27-year-old leapt to 7.88m in the long jump on his first attempt with none of the drama that came in the heptathlon long jump.

Ashton Eaton started his first decathlon in two years in style, winning the fastest of the 100m heats in a 10.23 championships decathlon best, just 0.02 slower than his personal best and world decathlon best of 10.21 fro...

At the fifth time of asking, and after three trips to the podium in Berlin, Daegu and Moscow to pick up bronze or silver medals, world record holder Liu Hong fulfilled her status as the favourite and finally struck gold ...

Hong Liu wins the women's 20km race walk, securing China's first gold medal of the World Championships in Beijing.