Jamaica's Nesta Carter provided the highlight of the 'Meeting de Madrid 2013', an IAAF World Challenge Meeting, on Saturday (13) with an outstanding 9.87 run performance in the men's 100m on Saturday (13).

Sweden s Irene Ekelund stormed to a 22.92 lifetime best and championship record on the final day of this year s IAAF World Youth Championships on Sunday (14) to more than make amends for finishing fifth in the 100m final on Thursday.

Yomif Kejelcha took Ethiopia back to the top of the podium for the first time in this event after three editions of IAAF World Youth Championships where Kenyans had won, taking the victory with an impressive change of pace 600m from home to clock a 7:5...

It happened in one of the final events of the last day of the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships, but Romania s Florentina Marincu became the only athlete of the week to win gold medals in two individual events.

Harry Coppell became the first British male athlete to win a global Pole Vault title, taking gold in Donetsk with a PB of 5.25m.

Jamaica s Michael O Hara gained redemption for finishing outside of the 100m medals on Thursday (11) by scorching to a 20.63 world youth lead and a narrow victory.