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Dina Asher-Smith claimed a historic hat-trick at the World Championships as Great Britain celebrated double silver in the women’s and men’s 4×100 metres relay in Doha. The 23-year-old becomes the first British athlete to win three medals at the same World Championships. Both British sprint teams won silverGetty Images – Getty Having already claimed 200m…
Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson has won gold in the heptathlon at the World Championships in Doha. The 26-year-old finished on 6,981 points to break the 6,955-points record set by Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill at the London Olympics in 2012. Johnson-Thompson broke Jessica Ennis-Hill’s record to claim goldGetty Images – Getty Nafi Thiam, who holds the Olympic…
Reece Prescod finished seventh in the 100m during the World Championships As the dust settled at the end of the IAAF World Championships 100m final the crowd realised just what had happened – the legendary Usain Bolt had lost out to Justin Gatlin. The chorus of boos came cascading down from the Olympic Stadium stands…
Great Britain finish World Championships with seven medals Great Britain ended the IAAF World Championships with seven medals after the men and women’s 4x400m relay quartets both clinched bronze on the final day in Beijing. Martyn Rooney produced an outstanding last leg to pip Jamaica on the line by 4,000th of a second for the men…
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Mo Farah Mo Farah claimed his second goal medal of the 2015 World Championships by storming to victory in the 5,000m. A week on from his 10,000m win in Beijing, Farah again proved too strong for his rivals at the Bird’s Nest Stadium as his stunning run in major competitions continued. It is a SEVENTH successive…
World’s fastest man Usain Bolt will keep competing at the top level for just a few more years before he ‘retires a legend’, according to British sprint star Adam Gemili The 29-year-old Jamaican amazingly arrived at the Athletics World Championships in Beijing as the underdog, with Justin Gatlin topping the rankings. The American was widely tipped…
Usain Bolt wins 200m final Usain Bolt secured a World Championship sprint double by beating American rival Justin Gatlin to 200m gold in Beijing. The Jamaican hero’s rivalry with two-time drug cheat Gatlin has been the focal point of this year’s competition. And the world’s fastest man proved he’s still the one to beat, and…
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Greg Rutherford won long jump gold at the World Championships in Beijing to complete the full set of major titles Greg Rutherford won long jump gold at the World Championships in Beijing to complete the full set of major titles. The 28-year-old produced his biggest jump of the year when he needed it most, soaring out to…
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Usain Bolt wins 100m gold Usain Bolt claimed a third 100m World Championships title thanks to a narrow victory ahead of Justin Gatlin in Beijing. The Jamaican sprinter survived a scare in his semi-final after staggering at the start, and looked like finishing second after 70 metres of the final, with Gatlin in front. But…
Jessica Ennis-Hill wins heptathlon gold at the Beijing World Championships Britain’s Olympic golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill has been crowned heptathlon world champion after returning to major competition for the first time since London 2012. Ennis-Hill won her 800m heat in a time of 2m 10.13s to seal a comprehensive victory in Beijing, having led the standings…
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