Ten years after she got her first world title, and in somewhat different conditions to Friday on a chilly night in Helsinki, Tianna Bartoletta pulled out all the stops and flew out to a 2015 world-leading distance of 7.14m with her last just to turn br...

There are obvious lessons to be drawn from any day by an observant person, such as "some people can throw things farther than others" and "be careful when driving a Segway and operating a steady-cam at the same time".

Five finals and the first half of the decathlon are on the agenda for Friday at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015.

The 200m duel between Jamaica s defending champion Usain Bolt and USA s Justin Gatlin was the last event of Thursday evening and the highlight of the day.

There a million and one different ways of running the 400m and Allyson Felix produced one slightly unusual, but highly effective, version which proved golden inside an electric Bird s Nest stadium on Thursday.

Christian Taylor produced the second-longest jump in history to take his second world title in the triple jump on Thursday night.