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American Christian Taylor retains his Olympic triple jump title with a season's best leap of 17.86m.

Eilish McColgan qualifies for the women's 5,000m final but fellow Britons Steph Twell and Laura Whittle miss out.

Every Olympic gold medal is memorable. But there are some which have a special place in the history of the Games.

There was much chatter after Miller's unconventional move in the women's 400m final, but it's a legitimate tactic, even if might not be that effective Allyson Felix woke up on Tuesday as the most decorated female Olympia...

A high-class opening round of the 200m, which served up five national records, and a clutch of personal best and season best times, whetted the appetite for Wednesday's semi-finals, which look likes making compelling vie...

Just as she did in qualifying, defending Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic delivered in the women's discus final only when two fouls put her under some pressure.

Three-time world champion and 2008 Olympic gold medallist Asbel Kiprop progressed smoothly to Thursday's semi-finals with a comfortable win in the first heat on Tuesday.

Jamaica's seven-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt wins his heat in 20.28 seconds to reach the semi-finals of the men's 200m.

Croatia's Sandra Perkovic retains her Olympic discus title with a best throw of 69.21m, having opened with two fouls.

Christian Taylor and Will Claye of the USA repeated their 1-2 finish in the men's triple jump from London 2012, winning gold and silver respectively just as they did four years ago. The pair had the five longest marks of...

Little more than 12 hours after compatriot Thiago Braz da Silva took a historic gold medal in the men's event, Brazil's Fabiana Murer wasn't quite so fortunate in the qualifying round of the women's pole vault in Rio.

New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin takes a fall during the 5,000m heats in Rio on Tuesday, bringing US competitor Abbey D'Agostino with her. However, rather than leaving D'Agostino behind, Hamblin got up and encouraged the US a...

Christian Taylor of the United States retains his Olympic triple jump title with a season's best leap of 17.86m.

Hurdles qualification rounds are rarely this straight forward but at a sun-drenched Olympic Stadium on Tuesday morning, the opening series of heats passed without major incident.

The 26-year-old repeated his success from four years ago at Rio 2016 but only after coming back from a serious injury that forced him to change his takeoff leg Follow all the latest action from day 11 Rio 2016 Back for h...

Almaz Ayana returned to the track four days after her 10,000m world record on Friday and whetted everyone's appetite for the final on Fridaty, where there is speculation she may try to break the world record of 14:11.15,...

Will Claye of the USA wins silver in the men's triple jump final at the Olympic Games in Rio

Eilish McColgan qualifies for the women's 5,000m final but fellow Britons Steph Twell and Laura Whittle miss out.

• Brazilian responded to unofficial anthem País Tropical• Crowd support turned into booing for Renaud Lavillenie Thiago Braz da Silva strained every sinew in breaking the Olympic pole vault record on Monday night, b...

Kenyan David Rudisha successfully defends his 800m Olympic title in Rio on Monday night, blitzing the field in the last 300m and winning the final in a time of 1.42.15. Shaunae Miller, of the Bahamas, took gold in the 40...

Few who braved rain at the Olympic Stadium witness famous victory Twenty-two-year-old wins host nation's first athletics gold since 1984 By midnight, the Olympic Stadium can't have been a quarter-full. But in years to co...

Great Britain gymnastics medallists Max Whitlock and Louis Smith discuss their successes at Rio, who they are grateful to and share their views on each other.