Justin Gatlin and Mike Rodgers produced the first sub-10 times on Russian soil, and Usain Bolt had what could best be described as a stroll to victory in the seventh and last heat.

The preliminary round of the men s 100m is not where you would expect to find a man who has run 9.91, or finished fourth and fifth in the past two World Championships finals.

Brittney Reese has won five successive global Long Jump titles, but for a moment here in Moscow it looked as though the defending champion wouldn t make it out of qualifying.

With half of the cavernous Luzhniki Stadium bathed in sunshine and the other half cast with a huge shadow from the large stands, it was the women in group A of the Discus throwers who had the honour of raising the curtain on the 14th IAAF World Champio...

Just as the opening ceremonies began with a video review of images from previous World Championships, the first finals of the 2013 edition were their own review of the last World Championships in Daegu, 2011.

After a great start in the Decathlon 100m, gold medal favourite Ashton Eaton suffered a minor setback in the second event, the Long Jump.