The very nature of the men's 110m sprint hurdles makes it an event fraught with potential pitfalls and the opening round served up more drama than an episode of House of Cards.

It was far from a straightforward qualification round in the men s long jump.

In a surprisingly short qualification session for the women s pole vault and mercifully so given that was it was played out in the glare of the hot morning sun a decision was made to take the 14 women who had cleared 4.55m into Wednesday night s f...

We did not witness the same blistering times in the women s 400m heats on Monday as we saw in the opening round of yesterday s men s equivalent, but there was still enough to suggest that we should be set for a glorious crescendo in Thursday s final.

Qualifying for the field events is like a visit to the dentist. You want it all to be quick and painless, but so often it isn t.

When Joe Kovacs entered the Bird s Nest Stadium last night, shortly before winning his first world title in the men s shot put, his mind couldn t help but wander to the past.