The men s Decathlon competition has reached the final event and following a great show in the Pole Vault, it seemed that some athletes were a bit tired and couldn t get near the results they needed to stay in the medal hunt.

Like so many of the other first rounds held on the second day of these championships, the women s Pole Vault qualifying saw few surprises as all the top contenders safely made it through, led by home favourite Yelena Isinbayeva.

Ashton Eaton continued his march towards his first World Championships gold medal in the opening event of the second day in the Decathlon in Moscow.

If the first-round heats shaped a likely head-to-head showdown between Christine Ohuruogu and Amantle Montsho, then the semi-finals crystallised that belief.

Mo Farah, dazzling smile on show, reflected here on how the memory of his narrow failure to win the last World 10,000m title when he was overhauled in the last few metres by the man who finished second here, Ethiopia s Ibrahim Jeilan had goaded him...

The Luzhniki Stadium was not quite filled to capacity for the first event of the afternoon session on Sunday, and the first gold medal to be decided on the second day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships, but Russian athletics fans were still able...

Ashton Eaton continued his march towards his first World Championships gold medal in the opening event of the second day in the Decathlon in Moscow.

Tirunesh Dibaba regained her IAAF World Championships 10,000m title after a six-year hiatus with a blistering 59.96 last lap to shake off all challengers and win her third title in 30:43.35.

Making sense of the men s 110m Hurdles this season has been mission impossible, yet the fog of uncertainty surrounding several athletes lifted after a dramatic opening round.

Aleksandr Ivanov, barely out of his teens, won a totally unexpected gold medal in front of an enthusiastic local crowd in and around the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.