Archive for August, 2009

Bolt sets sights on 9.4 seconds

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt targets the 9.4 second barrier for the 100m after setting an extraordinary new world record of 9.58 seconds at the World Championships.

Ennis relieved after painful year

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Britain’s new world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis admits she thought she may not compete again after missing the Beijing Olympics through injury.

Meadows and Okoro make 800m final

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Great Britain’s Jenny Meadows and Marilyn Okoro qualify for the final of the women’s 800m on day three of the World Athletics Championships.

Athletics Worlds – day three as it happened

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Kenenisa Bekele wins the 10,000m world title and Shelly-Ann Fraser becomes the women’s 100m champion.