Just like at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu two years ago, the longest race on the track boiled down to a last-lap battle between Great Britain s Mo Farah and Ethiopia s Ibrahim Jeilan, but this time the roles were reversed.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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The cream rose to the top in the men s Hammer Throw qualifying, with the four men to have thrown farther than 80 metres in 2013 and the next two closest all sealing places in Monday night s final.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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Ashton Eaton needed only one event to kick himself back into the groove following a greatly disappointing High Jump performance and he did it in style in the 400m.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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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.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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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.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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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.
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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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...
Aug 11th 2013, 5:50am
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