World champion Tatyana Lysenko became the fourth woman to win the Olympic Hammer Throw title, and brought the title back to Russia whose Olga Kuzenkova had won the second Olympic crown in 2004. The 28-year-old did it in style with two Olympic records ...

Unleashing a blistering finishing kick 80 metres from the line, Meseret Defar regained the women's 5000m title she won eight years ago in Athens in a race which never came to life until the final four circuits.

For the second time in two days, a capacity crowd 80,000 spectators at London Olympic Stadium were treated to a new World record performance as the 4x100m US team of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter clocked a jaw-droppi...

10 August 2012 - London, UK – The USA broke the World record* in the women’s 4x100m Relay at Olympic Stadium tonight, the second global mark to fall at the XXX Olympic Games.

After a commanding first round blitz, Jamaica and the USA are set for another scintillating showdown in the men’s 4x100m Relay final, the final event on the programme at Olympic Stadium on Saturday night.

The first 3 finishers in the two heats qualified automatically, with the next two fastest teams also progressing into tomorrow’s final.