Dibaba - Youngest ever winner with maturity beyond her years
The most frightening aspect for those who aspire to greatness in women's endurance running is the profound depth of talent rolling off the Ethiopian production line ...

Makarov - The nearly nearly man comes good
Sergey Makarov of Russia at the age of 30 years and 165 days at last turned base metal into gold after previously taking Sydney Olympic silver and 2002 European Championships bronze ...

Manjani - dancing and sprinting to gold
Greece's Mirela Manjani added the World title to the European crown she won in Munich last summer, recapturing the World title which she won in Seville in 1999, and is fast developing ...

Hero Worship
Hero worship. It is an area of sport that no matter how successful an athlete has become, it never leaves them. Take Darren Campbell, the British sprinter ...

Putting the King on hold
Jaouad Gharib delayed a phone conversation with the King of Morocco to tell the world's press about his love of the marathon. The newly-crowned World champion ...

'I can only be Kelli White'
Last night, Kelli White became only the third woman to ever claim the sprint double at a World Championships. But if you thought that her win in the 200m was as easy as it was dominant ...

Guevara targets the world record
When Ana Guevara won her first 400m race of the year by more than a second, running 49.34 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, it became quite evident that her strongest foe ...

Hicham joins Johnson and Geb
The maestro of the metric mile knelt and kissed the track, and then lay flat on his back, using his national flag as a shroud. Covering himself completely, from head to foot, Hicham ...

Simply the best
Poland's Robert Korzenkiowski says he had to find the spirit of a 20km walker to win the World 50km Race Walk title for the third time. The 35-year-old had the race under control ...

Collins - 'raw, natural and lazy'
Kim Collins, crowned the world's fastest man after the tightest 100 metres finish in the history of the World Championships, claims he is, "all raw talent . . .

Yatchenko joins Belarussian throwing fest
Well it's reassuring to know that while the cooperative farms of the communist era are now gone in this post 'Cold War' world, that the harvest is still good in Belarus! ...

Feofanova has a moment to savour
Six years ago across the French capital, an athlete by the name of Stacy Dragila made history when she won the world indoor title on the first occasion the pole vault ...

New for old
There was a moment, at the end of that extraordinary 10,000m final last night that seemed to capture something about the first two days of these championships ...

Bekele takes first step on Yifter's double path
Tonight Kenenisa Bekele drove a three-piece Ethiopian juggernaut through the world 10,000m hopes of East African rivals Kenya, and so took the first step on the path ...

White - 'My start was just awful...my finish was great'
Even though she was born on April Fool's Day, Kelli White made no joke about her claim as the world's fastest woman with a powerful 100 metres win on Sunday night. ...