DAEGU Games (South Korea) News, Sep 04, 2011 (3)

Just When You Least Expect It -- a Record New York Times Largely because of Bolt, the sport's governing body, the International Association of AthleticsFederations, had displaced the men's 4-by-400-meter relay from its traditional spot as the last race of the championships and replaced it with the 4-by-100. ... See all stories on this topic » Mo Farah's 5000m win in Daegu was 'perfection', says Dave Moorcroft The Guardian Moorcroft, who was also the chief executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007, added: "Unpredictability in a championship is something you have to contend with as a distance runner. You can't rely on the fact it's going to be fast, you have to have a ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian Athletics: Team USA wins 25 medals at World Championships RunnersWeb DAEGU, South Korea -- Team USA closed out the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships adding two more gold medals to its collection, while Allyson Felix and Bernard Lagat achieved milestones as multi-time medalists Sunday night. ... See all stories on this topic » US wins 3 golds in half hour at world championship Houston Chronicle USA's Jennifer Barringer Simpson celebrates after winning in the Women's 1500m final at the WorldAthletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Photo: David J. Phillip / AP Britain's Hannah England, left, reacts as she crosses ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Taylor of US beats Phillips Idowu to win the triple jump at the worlds Washington Post By AP, DAEGU, South Korea — Christian Taylor of the United States won the men's triple jump at the world championships on Sunday, beating defending champion Phillips Idowu of Britain. ( David J. Phillip / Associated Press ) - Britain's Phillips Idowu ... See all stories on this topic » Mo Farah wins men's 5000 at world championships San Francisco Chronicle By JIM ARMSTRONG, AP Sports Writer Anja Niedringhaus / AP Britain's Mohamed Farah looks at the timing board after placing second in a Men's 5000m heat at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » Australia hails 'Golden Girl' Pearson AFP SYDNEY — Australia's media on Sunday hailed Sally Pearson's "blistering" 100m hurdles win in Daegu, declaring her a "golden girl" who had now cemented her place as an athletics superstar. Pearson, 24, bagged Australia's first, and likely only, ... See all stories on this topic » AFP Athletics: Bolt leads Jamaicans home CNN International (CNN) -- Usain Bolt ensured the world athletics championships in Daegu ended on a high by leading Jamaica to a stunning world record in the final of the men's 4x100m relay on Sunday. Exactly a week after Bolt's shock disqualification from the final of ... See all stories on this topic »

Mo Farah wins men's 5000 at world championships The Associated Press DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Mo Farah held off a late charge by Bernard Lagat of the United States to win the men's 5000 meters Sunday at the world championships. "The race came down to a sprint finish and I'm glad I took it," Farah said. ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

World-beater Pearson will get better: coach Sydney Morning Herald She hadn't yet watched the moment she became a world champion. She said nothing but turned to her coach, Sharon Hannan, and hugged her tight. Pearson is Australia's 10th world titleholder in athletics and only the third Australian woman after Cathy ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Athletics-Surprised Savinova ends Semenya's reign Reuters Africa By Nick Mulvenney DAEGU, South Korea, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Surprised Russian Maria Savinova overhauled Caster Semenya on the home straight to win the women's 800 metres gold and end the South African's controversial reign as world champion on Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Kiprop wins men's 1500 for Kenya's first world title Reuters Asbel Kiprop of Kenya (R) runs ahead of Mekonnen Gebremedhin of Ethiopia on his way to winning the men's 1500 metres final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 3, 2011. DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Olympic champion Asbel ... See all stories on this topic »

Dazzling Bolt leads Jamaica to world record Reuters Usain Bolt of Jamaica sprints to the finish line winning the men's 4x100 metres relay final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 4, 2011. By Ossian Shine DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - The world's fastest man Usain Bolt anchored ... See all stories on this topic »

(Daegu Athletics) S. Korea falls well short of goal at world championships Yonhap News Jung Soon-ok, the women's long jump champion from Guangzhou, couldn't get out of the qualifying stage in Daegu. Oh Dong-jin, president of the Korea Association ofAthletics Federations (KAAF), said the torch should have been passed over to younger... See all stories on this topic » Yonhap News

IAAF Council Meeting and IAAF / LOC Press Conference summary – Daegu 2011 International Association of Athletics Foundation “Everyone of you that will not be with us in the new Council has given great service to our sport and everyone will be thanked in the appropriate way at either the annual International Athletics Foundation Gala or the IAAF Congress. ... See all stories on this topic » International Association of Athletics Foundation

Savinova wins women's 800 at worlds, Semenya 2nd San Francisco Chronicle Anja Niedringhaus / AP Russia's Mariya Savinova, second from left, crosses the finish line to win ahead of South Africa's Caster Semenya, right, in the Women's 800m final at the World AthleticsChampionships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. ... See all stories on this topic »

US wins women's 4x100 relay at worlds Houston Chronicle USA's Carmelita Jeter, right, and her compatriot Allyson Felix celebrate after they took silver and bronze medal respectively in the Women's 200m final at the World Athletics Championships inDaegu, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. ... See all stories on this topic »

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