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BBC Sport pundit Paula Radcliffe analyses Laura Muir's 1500m final at the World Championships after the Briton was edged into fourth place.

Venezuela win their second medal of the World Championships as Yulimar Rojas takes women's triple jump gold by two centimetres.

• Muir finishes fourth in thrilling race won by Kenya's Faith Kipyegon• Jennifer Simpson (US) takes sliver and Caster Semenya (SA) bronze Laura Muir fell agonisingly short of a medal in the 1500m at the world champio...

• British athlete called The Rake runs personal best time of 20.16sec• Team-mate Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake clocks 20.08 in his first-round race Whatever happens during the rest of Danny Talbot's career he will always ...

Botswana's Isaac Makwala withdraws from his World Championships 200m heat because of a medical condition.

Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk wins gold in the hammer throw on the eve of her birthday at the World Athletics Championships in London.

Sophie Hitchon's best effort in the hammer final is not enough as she finishes in seventh place at the World Athletics Championships in London.

Great Britain team captain Eilidh Doyle qualifies for Tuesday's semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at the World Championships in London.

With six women having run faster than four minutes in 2017, the women's 1500m at the IAAF World Championships London 2017 had been billed as one of the events of the championships. And so it proved.

It was, as expected, the fiercest battle of these championships thus far, one that came down to the final jump. In the end it was Yulimar Rojas, the young challenger to the throne, who prevailed, ending Caterine Ibarguen...

The great women's one-lap rematch is on, but might there by an interloper looming on the horizon?

There are many ways to qualify for an IAAF World Championships 400m hurdles final and two contrasting approaches were on display in the first of three semifinals.

In an opening round where 24 of the 39 athletes progressed to the next round, there were few surprises in the heats of the women's 400m hurdles.

It was in the London Stadium in 2012 that Christian Taylor won the first of his two Olympic triple jump titles. Five years on, he is back in the same arena, seeking to complete a hat-trick of triple jump titles at the IA...

Wayde Van Niekerk's prospects of securing a 200/400m double here are looking even better after the 200m first round heats - while the world and Olympic 400m champion won easily, his big rival Isaac Makwala of Botswana, w...

Two years ago she was at her lowest ebb. Carolin Schafer sat hunched by the side of the track at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing. The German had just fouled all three attempts in the long jump during the heptathlon at...

• Toni Minichiello calls deal 'a poor business decision'• British Athletics says move will support next generation of athletes British Athletics has agreed to renew its kit deal with Nike until 2030, despite the spor...

Are 100m times getting slower because of stricter anti-doping rules? Usain Bolt gives his answer.

Fans split on whether Justin Gatlin should have been booed at the World Athletics Championships.

Justin Gatlin is booed by the crowd in London's Olympic Stadium when receiving his gold medal for winning the 100m at the World Athletics Championships.

Becoming a world-class athlete takes years of dedication and single-mindedness, coupled with patience and a thick skin.

There were two unusual things about this event in Rio last year: one, it was a morning final; two, it was a world record final. Anita Wlodarczyk made a sunny Rio morning even brighter with an 82.28m toss for gold. She ha...