British pair light up Gateshead

Phillips Idowu and Lisa Dobriskey are the pick of Britain's World Championship medallists at a rain-hit British Grand Prix in Gateshead.

Bolt Shatters 200m World Record

Usain Bolt has smashed the World Record in the 200m final in Berlin with a time of 19.19 seconds. Bolt left the rest of the field in his wake ot notch his second gold and world record of the championships. Second place finished in 19.81.



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Caster Semenya - Man or Woman?

Controversy at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin with the news that South African 800m runner Caster Semenya has been asked to take a gender test to prove she's female.

IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said the "extremely complex, difficult" test results were not due for several weeks.

The South African athletics federation insist it is "completely sure" that the 18-year-old Semenya is a female.

"We would not have entered her in the female competition if we had any doubts," said a statement.

"In the case of this athlete, following her breakthrough in the African junior championships, the rumours, the gossip was starting to build up," added Davies.

"The gender verification test is an extremely complex procedure. The situation today is that we do not have any conclusive evidence that she should not be allowed to run."

A group of doctors, including an endocrinologist, a gynaecologist, an internal medicine expert, an expert on gender and a psychologist, have started the procedure but it is uncertain when the results will be known.

"It would be wrong today to take a decision to withdraw an athlete," said Davies, who said this was not a mandatory or compulsory test and the athlete was in no way suspected of cheating.

"This is a medical condition. It is nothing that she has done. There is a need to make sure rules are followed.

"We are more concerned for the person and not to make this as something that is humiliating."

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Idowu hops, skips and jumps to gold

Britain's Phillips Idowu has won a gold medal in the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

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Lightning Bolt Strikes Again

Usain Bolt has just won the 100 metres final in Berlin in 9.58 seconds.

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British sprinters lazy - Powell

Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell says British sprinters are not challenging because they are lazy.