For Renaud Lavillenie, the IAAF World Indoor Championships has been an opportunity to put his feet up, to rest and recuperate.

You know when it s getting to business time in the men s high jump. Ivan Ukhov removes his training tights.

Things change quickly in the world of athletics. One moment you are jumping in front of janitors and cleaners in a training centre in the middle of nowhere, contemplating on retiring from the sport and next winning the world title in front of thousands...

The men s 60m hurdles winnert Omo Osaghae really came to win out of the blue.

Only one athlete enters the men s 60m hurdles not having recorded a season s best in the semifinals but it s no surprise that the same athlete is the biggest favourite in the final: Pascal Martinot Lagarde.

When you can boast of the sort of athletic resume that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has, it is little wonder that the Jamaican sprint superstar found herself in strong contention for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 60m gold medal despite only being...