The lexicon of athletics superlatives must surely now be almost exhausted for the greatest 800 metres runner ever.... Read More
A World indoor record equalling performance by Christian Olsson in the Triple Jump, a women’s relay World record by Russia, and a sixth 800m gold for Maria Mutola brought Budapest 2004 to a spectacular close this evening.... Read More
Slowish tactical 3000m races are the norm at major indoor championships but often offer great spectacles. Ken Nakamura gives his brief analysis of the respective merits of both the men’s and women’s 3000m at the 10th IAAF World Indoor championships in Budapest, Hungary (5 – 7 March).... Read More
Over more than a century of Olympic and World championships athletics, there have been many great field event finals, with many more tremendous performances.... Read More
The relays are always full of thrills and spills, never more so than on the tight circuits at indoor meetings.... Read More
Russia always promised to deliver something special in the 4x400 metres relay final at the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Sweden's Christian Olsson, the reigning World indoor and outdoor champion leapt out to a 17.83 metres performance in the third round of the men’s Triple Jump today, so equalling the Cuba’s Aliecer Urrutia’s World record mark which was set in Sindelfingen, Germany on 1 March 1997.
second opening laps, it was readily apparent that the men's 1500 metres would come down to a mad dash, and it did
Ethiopia was expected to capture gold and silver in the women's 3000m, but the predicted finishing order was reversed
They say that the great champions are the ones who manage to win in adversity. Roman Sebrle must, therefore, be a truly great champion
After dropping off slightly yesterday in the qualifying round, Christian Cantwell again moved back over the twenty-one-metre mark
Tonight, the reigning world indoor and outdoor champion hopped, stepped and jumped 17.83 to equal the seven-year-old mark of Cuba's Aliecer Urrutia
First it was the pole vault, then the long jump earlier today, and now the high jump with a one-two Russian finish.
Has the 800 metres found itself a new star? Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, from South Africa, ought to think of himself as such
Yet again, Maria Mutola entered the record books, winning her 6th World Indoor 800m title.
As she did in Paris just over six months ago, Perdita Felicien not only pulled off a major upset to win the 60 metres hurdles.
Defending bronze medallist Dominic Demeritte moved up two notches in Budapest to become the last World Indoor Champion in the 200 metres.