VAN NIEKERK’S PREDECESSORS

ADJUSTING TO LIFE AFTER USAIN BOLT

ONE OF the enduring memories of Rio 2016 is the

RIO ROLLERCOASTER

THE ups and downs of the Rio Olympics were captured

TREBLE TOP

BOLT SPEEDS TO ANOTHER HALF-LAP GOLD AS GEMILI NARROWLY MISSES MEDAL

CENTROWITZ SPRINTS TO METRIC MILE GOLD

THE AMERICAN ENJOYS HISTORIC WIN OVER 1500M

AT THE DOUBLE DOUBLE

MO FARAH WINS THE OLYMPIC 5000M AND 10,000M AGAIN AS FELLOW BRIT ANDREW BUTCHART ALSO EXCELS

KENYA’S GOLD ONCE MORE

EAST AFRICAN STRANGLEHOLD CONTINUES OVER THE BARRIERS

McLEOD LEAVES HIS MARK

JAMAICAN WINS BUT IT’S HARD TO FORGET ABSENT FRIENDS

CLEMENT FINDS HIS FORM

US HURDLER TAKES GOLD AS IRELAND’S BARR EXCELS IN FOURTH PLACE

DROUIN BOUNDS TO GLORY

CANADIAN BEATS BARSHIM AND BONDARENKO AS GRABARZ FINISHES FOURTH

TAYLOR’S GOLDEN CHANGE

BIG CHANGES WITH TECHNIQUE DID NOT STOP AMERICAN RETAINING TITLE

AMERICANS FINISH ONE-TWO

RYAN CROUSER LEADS US ONE-TWO IN BATTLE OF THE BIG SHOTS

FIRST GOLD FOR TAJIKISTAN

DILSHOD NAZAROV WINS TITLE AS BRITS GO OUT IN QUALIFYING

RÖHLER RETURNS TO FORM

GERMAN ATHLETE CONFIRMS WORLD NO.1 STATUS WITH 90-METRE THROW

EATON RETAINS TITLE

AMERICAN SEES OFF SOME FEISTY CHALLENGES TO EQUAL OLYMPIC RECORD FOR THE GOLD MEDAL

TOTH BIDES HIS TIME TO WIN

SLOVAKIAN TAKES VICTORY IN AN EXCITING RACE FULL OF INCIDENT

KIPCHOGE THE KING

KENYAN IS UNDISPUTED WORLD NO.1 AND COULD BE THE GREATEST EVER MARATHONER

BOLT MAKES GAMES HISTORY

LITTLE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT FOR JAMAICANS, WHILE BRITS BATTLE TO FIFTH

USA TAKE TITLE AFTER GB DQ

GOLD FOR AMERICA BUT TRAVESTY FOR BRITAIN AFTER DISQUALIFICATION

THOMPSON WINS SPRINT DOUBLE

JAMAICAN BEATS DAFNE SCHIPPERS OVER 200M

SEMENYA STORMS TO SUCCESS

SOUTH AFRICAN RUNS NATIONAL RECORD TO GET SECOND GLOBAL GOLD

KIPYEGON KICKS TO DENY DIBABA TITLE

KENYAN GETS THE GOLD AHEAD OF WORLD RECORDHOLDER

FIRST OLYMPIC CROWN FOR CHERUIYOT

VIVIAN CHERUIYOT SHOCKS TIRED 10,000M WINNER ALMAZ AYANA

ROLLINS’ HURDLES GLORY

USA TAKES ALL THREE MEDALS AS GB SISTERS MAKE THE FINAL

NO BARRIERS FOR DALILAH

THE AMERICAN DOMINATES TO WIN FIRST SENIOR GLOBAL GOLD

BEITIA’S FIRST GLOBAL WIN

SPANIARD HAS A FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE TO BECOME OLDEST OLYMPIC JUMPS CHAMPION

BARTOLETTA BEATS BRITTNEY

TIANNA BARTOLETTA LEAPS LONG TO LEAD UNITED STATES ONE-TWO

STEFANÍDI’S WIN ‘IS TAINTED’

VAULT IS A JOY TO WATCH DESPITE ABSENCE OF A CERTAIN RUSSIAN

PERKOVIC BEATS PRESSURE

DEFENDING CHAMP KEEPS HER COOL AFTER EARLY FOULS

KOLAK UPSETS THE FORM

SPOTÁKOVÁ OUT OF THE PICTURE AS CROATIAN CAUSES UPSET

IT’S THE LATE SHOW FOR LIU

WALK WORLD CHAMPION OUSTS MEXICAN IN THE DYING METRES

BRILLIANT BRONZE FOR GB

GB QUARTET RUNS NATIONAL RECORD BEHIND USA AND JAMAICA

USA TAKE GOLD AS USUAL

CHRISTINE OHURUOGU ANCHORS GB TO FIRST MEDALS FOR 32 YEARS

DISTANCE DOUBLE

MO FARAH did it. The distance running equivalent of Usain

MARVELLOUS MO IS SPECIAL

MO FARAH HAS REACHED A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WE MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN FROM ANY DISTANCE RUNNER, SAYS CHRIS THOMPSON

GATLIN: BRAZIL BOOS ADD TO SPECTACLE OF USAIN BOLT RIVALRY

JUSTIN GATLIN shook off the Brazilian boo boys, comparing the

PODIUM FINISH IS ANDY’S NEXT STEP, SAYS COACH

ANDY BUTCHART, sitting alongside tennis stars Andy and Jamie Murray

BUZZING BARR IS AMONG THE ELITE

IRELAND’S newest athletics hero Thomas Barr says he’s unprepared for

TALBOT BACKING BLOMKVIST HELP

DANNY TALBOT is hopeful that the newfound stability around him,

RUSSIA LOSE 2008 RELAY MEDALS

RUSSIA’S Olympic gold medalwinning 4x100m quartet from Beijing 2008 have

ISINBAYEVA JOINS IOC IN RETIREMENT

YELENA ISINBAYEVA has announced her retirement from the sport after

UNICEF SCHEME TO GET YOU FIT

UNICEF has launched a global sports initiative which allows people

TOP COACHES HEAD TO GLASGOW

LAURA MUIR’S coach Andy Young will join a group of

LEONARD CONSIDERS 1500m MOVE AFTER RIO GAMES OMISSION

ALISON LEONARD has raised the possibility that she may switch

WIGHTMAN DUO UNITE IN LONDON

THE BIG prize of a trip to Rio may have

HOME COMFORTS

JESS JUDD is working to get her career back on

FAST MOVERS

EXERCISE scientists love to theorise about what makes the world’s

CAN THERE BE ANY PAYBACK FOR SUCH OLYMPIAN EFFORT?

PROLONGED and intense training by athletes has come under fire

CHERRIES CAN AID RECOVERY

Montmorency cherries are renowned for their performance-enhancing properties and boost

VIBRAM FUROSHIKI

WHAT: From the company that helped to launch the trend

SCIENTISTS TRACK BAREFOOT STRIDES

BAREFOOT running is enjoying a continuing surge of popularity among

JAKE WIGHTMAN

A BIG PB OF 3:54.20 FOR THE MILE LATE-SEASON MADE UP FOR JAKE WIGHTMAN’S DISAPPOINTMENT AT NOT MAKING THE TEAM FOR RIO, WRITES EMILY MOSS

HIT TOP SPEED

HOW EFFECTIVE ARE OVERSPEED TRAINING TECHNIQUES AND HOW CAN YOU BEST USE THEM? ASKS JOHN SHEPHERD

TRACK & FIELD

Mixed events: 100: r1 (1.2): 1 A Thomas (Brack) 10.44

TRACK & FIELD

THE 1984 Olympic long jump bronze medallist Sue Richardson (formerly

CROSS-COUNTRY

Durham University Playing Fields TYNE BRIDGE led all the way

PARKRUN / ROAD

Leading age-graded Hull: S Mason 17:13 M55 89.79%; Portobello: J

MACKEMS ARE ON THE MAP

WEARSIDER ALYSON DIXON’S CELEBRATIONS PAY HOMAGE TO HER ROOTS

BOLT’S DREAMS

NO ONE can catch Usain Bolt, even in his dreams

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

OLYMPIC champion Alistair Brownlee appeared in the pages of AW