By his lofty standards, it was a disappointing evening for Ashton Eaton in the heptathlon high jump, the American world record holder unable to clear better than 1.99m. Eaton came into the event with a commanding lead of 144 points over Ukraine s Oleks...

In the build-up to the women s 60m hurdles final, all the talk was about the two Americans who had recorded blistering times to win their semi-finals, Brianna Rollins and Kendra Harrison.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton ran the race of her life in the 800m to win her first global title, smashing the North American pentathlon record with a winning score of 4881.

New Zealand s Tom Walsh, the bronze medallist at the last World Indoor Championships two years ago, had the competition of his life as he produced five efforts better than anyone else could manage, winning with an Oceanian record of 21.78m in the sixth...

Bralon Taplin was completely dominant in the first of the two men s 400m semi-finals, the Grenadian powering through the first 200m and maintaining well thereafter to take victory in 45.38, the second fastest time in the world this year. Taplin is the ...

Kemi Adekoya may not be the fastest woman in the world this year but the Asian indoor champion, best known outdoors for her prowess over the hurdles, confirmed her status as a favourite for gold over two laps of the track in the Oregon Convention Cente...