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2015 IAAF World Championships

2015 IAAF World Championships
The 15th IAAF World Championships will be held in Beijing, China, between 22 and 30 August 2015. The event will be the largest sporting event to take place at the Beijing National Stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beijing beat off initial bids from London and Chorzow to host the championships.
Usain Bolt kisses the track after the 200m final. Photo: AFP

Never doubt Usain Bolt - plus six other things we learned from Beijing World Championships

Hard as it is to believe, there were questions about Usain Bolt when the world championships first started

China’s best-ever World Championships performance bodes well for Rio Olympics

Hong Kong's Christy Yiu 'runs through wall' for respectable marathon finish in world championships debut

Silver lining for home favourites at world athletics championships

China came oh so close to glory on the final day of competition at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Sunday.

China's Lyu Huihui can't hide her disappointment after being pipped for gold in the women's javelin at the world championships. Photo: Xinhua

Mare Dibaba wins World Championships marathon by a second in stunning sprint finish

Ethiopian Mare Dibaba lived up to her billing as the world’s fastest marathon runner by winning the gruelling event at the world championships in a sprint finish on Sunday

Britain's Mo Farah makes history with 'triple double' in athletics

Britain's Mo Farah became the first man to win back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to a 5,000 metres victory in Beijing on Saturday.

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Lightning Bolt strikes again with third gold at worlds, China nets silver to delight of home crowd

Usain Bolt is perfect yet again. Dispelling two years of injury doubts, the Jamaican won three sprint gold medals this week for an overall world championship record of 11. The last of them came on Saturday when he anchored the 4x100-meter relay team with free-flowing, giant strides that have made him an icon for the sport.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt brings home gold in the 4x100m men at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: EPA

Dafne Schippers’ record 200m time in Beijing stuns even her coach

When Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers smashed a 36-year-old European record to capture the women’s world 200 metres gold, there was no one more shocked than her coach Bart Bennema

Scooter assailant who sent sprint star Usain Bolt flying says sorry with a red bracelet

Flying Dutchwoman Dafne Schipper's 200m dip a world championship winner

Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers smashed a European record that has stood since the 1970s as she won world 200m gold with an electrifying run yesterday. Schippers completed an incredible switch from heptathlete to sprinter by denying Jamaica their fourth gold medal in the two fastest races on the track.

Dafne Schippers wins the 200m final to deny Jamaican Elaine Thompson gold, becoming the third fastest in history. Photo: EPA

China breaks gold drought at Beijing World Championships with one-two in 20km walk

Liu Hong (R) and Lu Xiuzhi celebrate. Photo: AFP

WATCH: Cameraman mows down Usain Bolt after losing control of Segway at World Championships

No-one could catch the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt, as he won 200m gold at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing - except for this Segway-riding cameraman.

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It's Usain Bolt again as he clinches 10th gold at world championships

Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily outstripped American rival Justin Gatlin to claim his fourth consecutive world 200m title yesterday to complete a rousing sprint double in Beijing. Bolt clocked a world-leading 19.55 seconds to beat Gatlin by nearly two-tenths, thumbing his chest as he crossed the line to add the 200m to his 100m title.

'Mr YouTube' Julius Yego spears world javelin title in monster 92.72m throw

Kenya's Julius Yego taught himself how to throw the javelin by watching videos on YouTube after he was rejected as a runner by coaches.Yesterday, he won the men's javelin title with the third longest throw of all time at the world championships in Beijing.

Kenya's Julius Yego produced a monster throw of 92.72 metres to claim the men's javelin title at the world championships. Photo: EPA

Usain Bolt dismisses threat of Justin Gatlin for 200m showdown at world championships

Usain Bolt icily dismissed the threat of American Justin Gatlin after the fierce rivals cruised into the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Tuesday.

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Presure? What pressure? Usain Bolt in a confident mood on the track for the men's 200m heats at the world athletics championships in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Hat-trick triumph for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the queen of the sprints

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce roared to an unprecedented third women's 100 metres world title in a flash of green dreadlocks in Beijing on Monday.

He's still the king: Usain Bolt trumps Justin Gatlin to retain world 100 metres title

Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin in a thrilling showdown to retain his 100 metres title in style at the world athletics championships on Sunday.

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Mighty Mo Farah defends 10,000 metres title at world championships

Mo Farah made history defending his 10,000 metres title at the world athletics championships on Saturday as sprint arch-rivals Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin flexed their muscles to advance easily to the semi-finals of the 100 metres.

Mo Farah celebrates as he wins a pulsating 10,000m race on the first day of the world athletics championships in Beijing. Photos: AFP

Teenager Ghirmay Ghebreslassie stuns marathon stars at world championships in Beijing

Eritrean teenager Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the youngest ever marathon world champion when he stunned a strong field of fellow East Africans to win the first title of the Beijing championships on Saturday.

Usain Bolt and Mo Farah in action as World Championships begin today

Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt makes his bow in the 100m heats on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships today, when Briton Mo Farah will bid for an unprecedented six consecutive global track distance titles in the 10,000m. Bolt's appearance at Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest stadium comes seven years after he stormed to treble gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in the capital, a period in which he has dominated.

'Bad guy' tag doesn't bother me: Justin Gatlin before World Championships

To many, sprinter Justin Gatlin will forever be the bad guy of track and field: a drug cheat forced to serve not one, but two doping bans. As he nears the biggest race of his life, against Usain Bolt at the world championships tomorrow, the American hopes the world recognises he is more than that - much more.

American sprinter Justin Gatlin is hungry as ever to secure gold at the World Championships in Beijing, which start today. Photo: EPA

I cannot save athletics alone, says Usain Bolt ahead of World Championships

Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt has been saddened by the focus on doping in the run-up to the world championships, but says even he cannot save the sport by himself.

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolts strikes a funny pose at a press conference ahead of the World Championships in Beijing. Photos: AFP

Zero tolerance for drug cheats, Sebastian Coe vows after winning IAAF election

Sebastian Coe vowed “zero tolerance” for drug cheats in track and field after winning a narrow vote to become the new president of world athletics body the IAAF on Wednesday.  

Sebastian Coe named international athletics chief ahead of Sergey Bubka

The media has turned athletics into a monster, says outgoing IAAF president Lamine Diack

World athletics boss Lamine Diack opened the meeting which will choose his successor on Wednesday with a defiant stab at track and field’s doping detractors, saying they had painted the sport as a “monster”.

IAAF president Lamine Diack makes his final address at the 50th IAAF Congress in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Five athletes to watch at Beijing world championships ahead of Rio Games

Usain Bolt made his bow and arrow stance his signature. Photo: USA Today Sports

'Pocket rocket' Fraser-Pryce fires up ahead of world championships in Beijing

Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce swept to victory in the Stockholm Diamond League 100m with a 10.93sec triumph which sent a powerful message to her world championship rivals.

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Justin Gatlin doesn’t scare me, says Usain Bolt as Beijing clash looms

Usain Bolt insisted he would be ready for the challenge of toppling in-form American Justin Gatlin at the world championships in Beijing next month.

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