Best of the World Athletics Championships
Britain's Toby Harries and Rabah Yousif, Italy's Vladimir Aceti and Matteo Galvan and France's Christopher Naliali and Thomas Jordier in action during the men's 4x400 relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. REUTERS/Fabrizio...more
Poland's Iga Baumgart-Witan, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik and Justyna Swiety-Ersetic celebrate winning silver in the women's 4x400 relay final. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Nia Ali of the U.S. crosses the finish line winning gold, Kendra Harrison of the U.S. winning silver and Jamaica's Danielle Williams winning bronze in the women's 100 meter hurdle final. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Ukraine's Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk celebrates winning silver in the women's long jump final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Jamaica's Tissanna Hickling in action during the women's long jump. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Dezerea Bryant of the U.S. celebrates winning bronze in the women's 4x100 relay final. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Uganda's Fred Musobo during the men's marathon. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Britain's Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita celebrates winning silver in the 4x100 relay final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Kenya's Hellen Obiri and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi after the women's 5000 meter final. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Colombia's Caterine Ibarguen reacts in the women's triple jump final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Estonia's Maicel Uibo reacts during the men's decathlon 1,500 meters at the World Athletic Championships in Doha, Qatar. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Germany's Niklas Kaul in action during the men's decathlon javelin throw. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Ethiopia's Teddese Lemi falls during the men's 1,500 meters heats. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Germany's Niklas Kaul in action during the men's decathlon pole vault. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Burkina Faso's Marthe Koala in action during the women's heptathlon long jump. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser during the women's 400 meters final. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde celebrates winning bronze in the men's 110 meters hurdles final. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Poland's Justyna Swiety-Ersetic reacts after finishing second in her semi final during the women's 400 meter. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Noah Lyles of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in the men's 200 meter final. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Sam Kendricks of the U.S. in action during the men's pole vault final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in action during the women's 200 meter semi finals. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
Belarus' Tatsiana Khaladovich during the women's javelin throw final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Turkey's Ozkan Baltaci competes in the men's hammer throw qualification. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Sweden's Armand Duplantis in the men's pole vault final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
India's Avinash Sable and Athlete Refugee Team's Otmane Nait Hammou in action during the men's 3000 meter steeplechase heats. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Uganda's Benjamin Kiplagat in action with Morocco's Mohamed Tindouft during the men's 3000 meter steeplechase heats. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Qatar's Mariam Mamdouh Farid in action during the women's 400 meter hurdles heats REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce holds her son Zyon as she celebrates winning gold in the women's 100m final. The Jamaican claimed her fourth world championship gold medal in the distance to go along with two Olympic golds and perhaps more to come...more
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce crosses the finish line to win gold in the women's 100m final. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
Poland's Kamila Licwinko in action during the women's high jump final. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Ethiopia's Muktar Edris celebrates after winning gold with Ethiopia's Telahun Haile Bekele who finishes fourth in the men's 5,000m final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde prepares to compete in the men's 110 meter hurdles heats. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Norway's Karsten Warholm kisses a hurdle as he celebrates winning gold in the men's 400m hurdles final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Ariana Ince of the U.S. in action in women's javelin throw qualification. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in the men's 100m final. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson in action during women's pole vault final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Christian Coleman of the U.S. crosses the finish line in the men's 100m final. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
China's Hong Liu crosses the line to win gold in the women's 20km race walk. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Brian Williams of the U.S. in action during the men's discus throw qualifications. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
General view of the start of the women's 100m final race. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Cuba's Yarisley Silva in action during the women's pole vault final. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Cuba's Yarisley Silva during the women's pole vault final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Sandi Morris of the U.S. in action during the women's pole vault final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Gold medalist DeAnna Price of the U.S., silver medalist Poland's Joanna Fiodorow and bronze medalist China's Zheng Wang celebrate after the women's hammer throw final. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Athletes compete in the women's 10,000m final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
General view as athletes compete in the women's 800m semi-finals. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Poland's Joanna Fiodorow in action during the women's hammer throw final. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Poland's Robert Sobera in action during the men's pole vault qualifications. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
Ukraine's Iryna Klymets reacts during the women's hammer throw final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Qatar's Abderrahman Samba races out of the blocks at the start of his men's 400m hurdles semi final. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
France's Valentin Lavillenie in action during the men's pole vault qualification. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Czech Republic's Marcela Joglova in action during the women's marathon. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
Braima Suncar Dabo of Guinea-Bissau helps Aruba's Jonathan Busby during the men's 5,000m heats. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Athletes compete in the women's 3,000m steeplechase heats. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich crosses the line to win the women's marathon. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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