CASTER SEMENYA is tipped to dominate in the women’s 1500 metres tonight – but there are those who believe she has an unfair advantage. The South African was controversially forced to undergo gender testing by the IAAF before being cleared to compete in 2010 due to a rare condition. Semenya – who won World Championships gold […]
SOPHIE HITCHON broke down in tears as she failed in her bid to secure a World Championship medal when she could only finish seventh in the hammer final. Hitchon was one of Britain’s big hopes to podium coming into the competition after she secured bronze at the Rio Olympics last year. Having qualified in third […]
KYLE LANGFORD is aiming to spring a major surpruse by winning London 2017 800metres title – and follow Anthony Joshua as the second youngster from the same housing estate to be crowned champion of the world. Langford produced a barnstorming run down the final straight on Sunday night to book a place in the World […]
ANDY POZZI saw his World Championships medal hopes go up in smoke as he crashed out of the 110 metres hurdles in the semi-finals. Pozzi was one of Britain’s biggest medal hopes coming into London 2017 – with some believing he had a genuine opportunity to claim gold. But the 25-year-old saw his dreams come […]
JESSICA ENNIS-HILL was left fighting back tears after receiving a deafening ovation as she finally collected her 2011 world heptathlon gold medal. Ennis-Hill was beaten into silver by Tatyana Chernova in Daegu six years ago – only for the Russian to be found to have cheated by taking drugs to improve her performance. Britain’s golden […]