United States has won three straight World Championships gold medals in the last three editions of the IAAF World Championships in the women s 4x400m relay and they are the top pick in these Championships as well.

Once again, much of the pre-race attention will be thrust on the familiar Jamaica v USA battle with the Caribbean nation seeking to maintain their recent dominance and secure a hat-trick of World titles.

Slick baton changing and swift legs helped the USA to a stunning World record of 40.82 at the London 2012 Olympic Games and although only Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter of that quartet are competing in Moscow, the new faces are quick enough to ensur...

The IAAF Council met with the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee at the Radisson Royal Hotel in Moscow on Friday (9), ahead of the start of the IAAF World Championships on Saturday.

Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt have dominated the men s 400m so comprehensively this season that it is difficult to see anything other than injury preventing them going one-two in Moscow. Only the relative order is to be determined.

The eagerly-awaited IAAF World Championships are set to open in Moscow s historic Luzhniki Stadium on Saturday and will continue until 18 August.