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Fastest British woman over distance finishes third in ragged heat Action unfolds in front of half empty Olympic Stadium on day one of athletics Laura Muir cruised into the second round of the 1500m at the Olympic Stadium...

For so long, she thought she may never be back.

Refugee Olympic Team athletes say they are "representing peace" as they make their track and field debut in Rio.

Athletics' governing body the IAAF bans Darya Klishina, the only Russian who had been cleared to compete in the athletics in Rio.

• Olympic 100m champion makes a sluggish start but wins in 10.07sec• Main rival Justin Gatlin records fastest time in heats of 10.01sec Come in number 2612, it's time to deliver. Again. Usain Bolt, the man eternally ...

Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam produced a personal best 6.58m in the long jump to lead defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill by five points with two events of the Olympic heptathlon to come.

The opening shots were fired in the pursuit of gold in the men's blue riband event with one or two hints at the form of some of the key contenders.

Christoph Harting of Germany won the men's discus with the competition's penultimate throw after a thrilling final round which saw the medals swap around several times.

For Nafissatou Thiam, the heptathlon long jump was a tale of three rounds.

With just the top two advancing automatically per heat, plus the next eight fastest across the eight heats, there was little margin for error but all the main contenders could say: "mission accomplished".

World champion Caterine Ibarguen breezed into the triple jump final with ease, bounding out to 14.52m - the best mark of the round - with her one jump of the morning.

Bahrain's Ruth Jebet, the fastest woman in this event so far this year and the second-fastest ever, ran away from the first heat of the women's steeplechase to win in a remarkable 9:12.62, running alone from halfway into...

Sydney Olympics heptathlon champion Denise Lewis on her journey from the primary school playground to the pinnacle of her sport.

Former Olympian David Smith misses son Dane's bronze medal ceremony Brazilian police apprehend father while attempting to reach his son Australian walker Dane Bird-Smith paid tribute to his father and coach, David, after...

Defending Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill leads the heptathlon in Rio after the opening four events on Friday. Ennis-Hill enjoys a lead of 72 points ahead Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam in second place, while compatriot ...

Great Britain's Greg Rutherford sneaks into the final of the long jump to maintain his hopes of defending his Olympic crown.

In the women's 10,000m, the first athletics final of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, it was Almaz Ayana against the clock and six important digits that mattered in the end.

When heat four of the men's 800m got underway in Rio's Olympic stadium at 10:34hrs local time today (12), history was made as the first of the Refugee Olympic Team's track and field squad took to the blue track.

She didn't even know about the record.

After a record-breaking opening day, more history could be made on day two of athletics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Moments after Valerie Adams was dramatically denied making history as the first ever women to win a hat-trick of Olympic titles in an individual event, the next cab off the rank for that particular feat, Shelly-Ann Frase...

American beats heavy favorite, Valerie Adams of New Zealand US had not won woman's medal in event since 1960 USA's Michelle Carter caused an upset as she won gold in the women's shot put on the opening night of the track...