World Athletics Championships 2019

World Athletics Championships 2019: Gopi Thonakal finishes 21st in men's marathon as India's campaign ends with mixed results

Asian champion Gopi Thonakal finished 21st in the men's marathon race as India ended their World Athletics Championships campaign with mixed results here on Sunday.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable says hard work led to Olympics berth in 3000m steeplechase

Sable has become the first Indian after 1952 to qualify for the Olympics in this event.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Bahamian Steven Gardiner wins gold in 400 metres after Hurricane Dorian tragedy at home

Gardiner said that people had thrown a watch party in Nassau, where parts of the city are still without power, to follow the race on television.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi clinches gold in 20 km race to complete clean sweep in walking

Toshikazu Yamanishi completed a walk golden double for Japan at the World Athletics Championships on Friday winning the 20 kilometres title.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Dalilah Muhammad breaks world record in 400m hurdles final; Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim wins high jump gold

Dalilah Muhammad of the United States stormed to a world record-breaking victory in the 400 metres hurdles as hosts Qatar celebrated a gold medal for high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim at the World Championships on Friday.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3,000m steeplechase national record for second time

India's Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men's 3,000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the second time in three days though he finished 13th in the final race of the World Championships on Friday.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Salwa Eid Naser creates history, becomes first Asian to win women's 400 meters

Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser after winning a historic 400 meters world title said ,'I still can’t believe the time. Crossing the line and seeing the time, I went completely crazy.'

World Athletics Championships 2019: Shadow of Alberto Salazar's ban looms over competition, divides runners' opinions

Four days after Salazar was suspended for doping offences, runners linked to the Cuban-born coach were still digesting the news which sent shockwaves across track and field.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Andreas Hofmann puts Rio 2016 setback behind as Tokyo 2020 appears on horizon

Part of the golden generation of German javelin throwers, Andreas Hofmann talks to Firstpost about the dejection of missing out on Rio 2016 despite making the cut, training indoors in winter months with tennis balls and more.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Katarina Johnson-Thompson beats Nafissatou Thiam to clinch heptathlon gold

Katarina Johnson-Thompson deposed her great rival Nafissatou Thiam as heptathlon world champion on Thursday on a night when two other 2017 titleholders also surrendered their crowns.