Pascal Martinot-Lagarde reinforced the impression that the Frenchman is the favourite for the men s 60m hurdles gold medal with a flawed but still fast first heat win in 7.56, a time equalled by Great Britain s Andrew Pozzi when winning the fourth and ...

Valerie Adams did what everyone expected and bagged her 44th consecutive win which, coincidently was her second straight World Indoor Championships title.

Ashton Eaton started the second day of heptathlon explosively.

Three surprise winners struck gold within the space of 15 minutes of each other at the Ergo Arena in Sopot on the second day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Only 11 men were in the qualifying competition for Sunday s final with 2004 Olympic silver medallist Marian Oprea the sole athlete to surpass 17 metres; 16.90m being the automatic qualifying distance.

Great Britain's Richard Kilty went from third at the 2014 UK Championships to first on the global stage when he rose to the occasion and flew to a 6.49 lifetime best to capture the men s 60m gold medal.

Ivory Coast s Murielle Ahoure, who first came to international attention when she won the silver medal two years ago in Istanbul, looked remarkably relaxed just before stepping into her blocks ahead of the sixth and final 60m heat and was blowing kisse...

It wasn t meant to be today, but missing out on a fourth straight world indoor record is hardly a failure for Ashton Eaton.

As expected, the US quartet qualified as the fastest team for Sunday s final to assert their authority on the event which their nation has won eight times during the 12 editions of this event.

It was a night of history and national celebration in the Ergo Arena. Never before had a Polish woman won gold at the IAAF World Indoor Championships and never before, in the 29-year history of the championships, had a title ever been shared.