HOST NATION COULD BE EMBRACING TRACK AND FIELD

TRADITIONALLY, Brazil has never been an athletics superpower and South

BOLT BECOMES IMMORTAL

DEFENDING CHAMPION USAIN BOLT BEATS JUSTIN GATLIN WITH EASE TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD NO.7

VAN NIEKERK BREAKS LAP WORLD RECORD

THE SOUTH AFRICAN’S 43.03 BEATS MICHAEL JOHNSON’S LONG-STANDING ONE-LAP MARK

RUDISHA REIGNS SUPREME AGAIN

WORLD RECORD-HOLDER RETAINS TITLE IN STYLE ON DAMP NIGHT IN RIO

FARAH THE FALLEN HERO

BRITON WINS FIRST HALF OF ANOTHER DOUBLE AFTER DRAMATIC TRIP MID-RACE

GOLD FOR BRAZ

HOME COUNTRY ATHLETE VAULTS TO GLORY AMID BOOS FOR LAVILLENIE

GREG GETS DETHRONED

DEFENDING CHAMPION GIVES IT HIS ALL BUT IS DEFEATED BY AMERICAN

HARTING REIGN CONTINUES

GERMAN DEPOSES OLDER BROTHER TO TAKE OLYMPIC TITLE

BOSWORTH REAPS REWARD

SIXTH PLACE AND UK RECORD FOR BRIT BEHIND CHINESE ONE-TWO

JAMAICA RETAINS TITLE

ELAINE THOMPSON TAKES OVER FROM HER TEAM-MATE

MILLER PIPS FELIX ON LINE

SHAUNAE MILLER LAUNCHES HERSELF TO 400M VICTORY

AYANA BREAKS WORLD RECORD

ETHIOPIAN LEADS GREATEST EVER WOMEN’S 25-LAP RACE, SMASHING WANG JUNXIA’S 23-YEAR-OLD GLOBAL MARK

WORLD RECORD IGNORED

RUTH JEBET EASES BACK WITH WORLD RECORD IN SIGHT

THIAM CLAIMS RIO CROWN

BELGIAN DEFEATS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION JESSICA ENNIS-HILL WITH SUPERB PB-FILLED SERIES OF MARKS

SUMGONG IS KENYAN FIRST

KENYAN WINS FIRST TITLE IN WARM CONDITIONS

IBARGÜEN DREAM REALITY

COLOMBIAN LEADS A SOUTH AMERICA ONETWO IN BRAZIL

SHOT DIVA GETS THE GOLD

MICHELLE CARTER WINS GOLD FOR USA, BEATING VALERIE ADAMS WITH HER FINAL THROW

FAVOURITE DELIVERS

DOMINANT DISPLAY REAPS WORLD RECORD FOR ANITA WLODARCZYK

WAYDE’S WORLD

THERE’S no doubt about it that Wayde van Niekerk’s 400m

MATT COMING OF AGE IN RIO

WATCHING Wayde van Niekerk disappear off into the distance and

UKA PLAN CHAIR SUCCESSOR AS WARNER READY TO LEAVE IN 2017

ED WARNER will step down as chairman of UK Athletics

‘NOT ACCEPTABLE’ SHOT PUT BY KJT SAYS MERRY

KATHARINE MERRY says Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s difficulties in the throwing events

MINICHIELLO: JESS TO TAKE TIME

TONI MINICHIELLO has advised Jessica Ennis-Hill to take “two or

EIGHT-YEAR BAN FOR SCHWAZER

ITALIAN race walker Alex Schwazer will miss the Rio Olympics

RUN FOR RABAH

ACRESTFALLEN Martyn Rooney says he dedicated his Olympic 400m race

GRAN INSPIRES JUNIOR AMPUTEE

A SCHOOLBOY who had both legs amputated will compete in

WALLACE: ME vs JONNIE WILL BE TOP RACE IN RIO

AMERICAN Jarryd Wallace says he anticipates his showdown with reigning

ULTRA RUNNER HAS AN AFRI-CAN-DO ATTITUDE

WITH just an iPod and a baby stroller of supplies

PAVEY HAS NO DOUBTS OVER AYANA’S RECORD

ALMAZ AYANA’S phenomenal world record-breaking 10,000m run was met with

CUP WINNERS

ONE of the more bizarre sights in Rio has been

GPS RESEARCH HELPS IN INJURY PREDICTION

RESEARCHERS at the University of Birmingham used GPS systems to

NO UNIFORM ROAD TO RECOVERY

FOLLOWING general advice to speed up recovery is not the

DUTCH ATHLETES LOW IN VITAMIN D

UP TO 70% of Dutch athletes may be lacking in

ELEMIS ACHING MUSCLE SUPERSOAK

WHAT: A performance-based, foaming bath soak that is said to

COULD CUPPING BE WORTH A LOOK?

OLYMPIANS sporting purple marks that were the result of the

MATT YATES

THIS NEW SERIES TURNS THE FOCUS ON THE UK’S TOP COACHES TO FIND OUT THE SECRETS OF THEIR SUCCESS. WE KICK OFF WITH FORMER EUROPEAN INDOOR 1500m CHAMPION MATT YATES, WHO IS RAPIDLY MAKING HIS MARK AS A COACH

IN THROES OF DANGER

UKA IS REVIEWING SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR THROWING EVENTS AFTER SOME RECENT INCIDENTS, WRITES PETA BEE

OVERSEAS / TRACK & FIELD

I APPRECIATE US TV pays a lot of money to

PARKRUN / ROAD / FELL / MULTI-TERRAIN

Leading age-graded Northampton: A Copson 21:44 W65 95.80%; Bushy: J

THROWING TO THE TOP

EMILY MOSS PROFILES JAVELIN THROWER BETHANY MOULE, WHO HOLDS THE UK UNDER-15 BEST

STARTER FOR = 10 =

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and

SHOT DIVA HAS THROWS GLITZ

NEW OLYMPIC CHAMPION HAS SET OUT TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF THE EVENT