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Nafissatou Thiam and Yorgelis Rodriguez impress in the high jump discipline of the heptathlon, clearing 1.95m to lead their rivals after two events at the World Championships.

Gabby Logan and Jessica Ennis-Hill discuss whether multiple world champion Mo Farah does not get the respect he deserves because he makes it "look too easy".

One of the biggest developments in the heptathlon happed before the start of the second event as world bronze medallist Laura Ikauniece-Admidina withdrew from the competition.

It was business as usual for Poland's world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk, who made light work of qualification with a 74.61m throw in the opening round. Six metres clear at the top of the 2017 world list and possessing...

Justin Gatlin reveals that after beating Usain Bolt into third place in his final 100m at the World Athletics Championships the Jamaican told him he did not deserve to be booed.

Watch Usain Bolt review his 100m final defeat by Justin Gatlin after the Jamaican finished third in his final race.

Usain Bolt says his start "killed him" and he feels sad not to deliver for the fans after finishing third in his last ever 100m at the World Championships in London.

• Gatlin wins world championship gold for USA in 9.92sec• Christian Coleman takes silver and Bolt has to settle for bronze As a full moon rose over the London Stadium, Justin Gatlin bared his teeth - and shocked the ...

Britain's most successful track athlete insists that by ganging up on him during the race his Ugandan and Ethiopian rivals made him concentrate more than ever to win a 10th successive major gold The morning after the tou...

Watch Almaz Ayana cruise to an incredible victory as she becomes the women's 10,000m world champion.

Lithuania's Andrius Gudzius takes gold in the men's discus final at the World Championships in London with a throw of 69.21m beating Sweden's Daniel Stahl iby just 2cm.

Watch as Great Britain's Laura Muir goes through to the 1500m final, finishing second in her semi-final.

Usain Bolt is beaten by Christian Coleman in World Championship 100m semi-final as both run under 10 seconds

Great Britain's Reece Prescod stages a late surge to finish second behind Yohan Blake in his 100m semi-final to reach the final.

Report: men's 100m final - IAAF World Championships London 2017

She may have lost a couple of hundred points in the high jump, but Katarina Johnson-Thompson came back fighting in the 200m in a bid to revive her chances of a heptathlon medal.

Despite the paucity of data-points in the build-up to this race, Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana still began as the consensus pick for this title but the world record-holder hadn't raced at distance - or on any surface - in the b...

An 8.48m leap in the second round was enough to secure South Africa's Luvo Manyonga his first world title in an enthralling, high quality long jump competition.

The second round of the women's 1500m did not go entirely to the formbook, with defending champion and world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba only making it through to the final in one of the non-automatic qualifying spots. ...

Andrius Gudzius produced the first major upset at these championships after producing a narrow victory in the men's discus throw and leading what looks to be a changing of the guard in the event.

One step short of the gold medal race, the fastest man in history met the fastest man of 2017. The third and last semifinal of the men's 100m tonight (5 August) pitted Christian Coleman, the US sprinter who clocked 9.82 ...

Unlike the preceding heptathlon discipline, the shot put was relatively uneventful.