https://www.scmp.com/rss/319086/feed The 15th IAAF World Championships will be held in Beijing, China, between 22 and 30 August 2015. The event will be the largest sporting event to take place at the Beijing National Stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beijing beat off initial bids from London and Chorzow to host the championships. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hard as this is to believe, there were questions about Usain Bolt when the world championships first started. Was he healthy enough? Was he fit enough? Was he – gasp! – fast enough? Yes, yes, and a resounding yes. Read all our World Athletics Championships coverage here The Jamaican great left the Bird’s Nest with three more gold medals and ended any suspicions about his dominance. Just in time, too, with the Olympic track competition in Rio de Janeiro starting 49 weeks from now. All the doubts... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1854012/never-doubt-usain-bolt-plus-six-other-things-we-learned-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1854012/never-doubt-usain-bolt-plus-six-other-things-we-learned-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:45:30 +0000 It was a fitting end for the hometown fans at the Bird’s Nest. China captured two more medals on the final day of the world championships to cap an unexpectedly successful week with a record nine medals – more than double their total from Moscow two years ago. “We won medals across the disciplines,” said Du Zhaocai, director of the Chinese athletics association. “It’s a first for us in a world-class event.” Read all our World Athletics Championships coverage here On Sunday, Zhang Guowei won a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1854005/chinas-best-ever-world-championships-performance-bodes-well-rio-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1854005/chinas-best-ever-world-championships-performance-bodes-well-rio-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:15:30 +0000 Christy Yiu Kit-ching, Hong Kong's sole representative in the world athletics championships, finished a respectable 32nd from 63 starters in the marathon in Beijing on Sunday, despite hitting the wall early in the race. The 27-year-old part-time nurse qualified for the Beijing event with a personal best time of two hours, 38 minutes and 24 seconds in the Prague Marathon in May this year, and crossed the line in the Bird's Nest stadium in 2:43:28. All in all I'm happy as it was my first major... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1853962/hong-kongs-christy-yiu-posts-respectable-placing-marathon-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1853962/hong-kongs-christy-yiu-posts-respectable-placing-marathon-world?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:00:45 +0000 China came oh so close to glory on the final day of competition at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Sunday. Going into the final round of the women's javelin, Lyu Huihui was leading the field after setting an Asian record of 66.13 metres, but Germany's Kathrina Molitor pulled out a big throw of 67.69 metres to win the title. It was my first time to be competing on my own doorstep. There were so many in the crowd supporting me China's Lyu Huihui Lyu was left in tears, having to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853957/silver-lining-home-favourites-world-athletics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853957/silver-lining-home-favourites-world-athletics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:30:00 +0000 Ethiopian Mare Dibaba lived up to her billing as the world’s fastest marathon runner by winning the gruelling event at the world championships in a sprint finish on Sunday. Dibaba timed 2hr 27min 35sec to edge Kenya’s Helah Kiprop by just one second after a sprint in the final 50 metres of the race held in overcast, relatively cool conditions. Kenyan-born Bahraini Eunice Kirwa claimed bronze in 2:27.39, while defending champion Edna Kiplagat could only finish fifth (2:28.18) behind Kenyan... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853798/mare-dibaba-wins-world-championships-marathon-second-stunning-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853798/mare-dibaba-wins-world-championships-marathon-second-stunning-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:45:30 +0000 Mo Farah became the first man to win back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to a 5,000 metres victory in Beijing on Saturday. The Briton, rocked this season by doping allegations against his coach, put the row behind him as he produced a devastating final 80 metres to romp home in 13 minutes 50.38 seconds. Hopefully the younger kids watching me will be encouraged. If you believe in something you can get there Mo Farah Kenyan Caleb Ndiku, in 13:51.75, held on for silver after making... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853784/britains-mo-farah-makes-history-triple-double-athletics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853784/britains-mo-farah-makes-history-triple-double-athletics?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:24:05 +0000 Usain Bolt is perfect yet again. Dispelling two years of injury doubts, the Jamaican won three sprint gold medals this week for an overall world championship record of 11. The last of them came on Saturday when he anchored the 4x100-metre relay team with free-flowing, giant strides that have made him an icon for the sport. Behind him, the United States was far back in second place. But Justin Gatlin, who had been unbeaten in two seasons of sprinting, lost the chance for a third silver when the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853745/lightning-bolt-strikes-again-third-gold-world-championships-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853745/lightning-bolt-strikes-again-third-gold-world-championships-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:30:30 +0000 When Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers smashed a 36-year-old European record to capture the women’s world 200 metres gold, there was no one more shocked than her coach Bart Bennema. Bennema has overseen Schippers’ training for the last seven years, taking charge when she was a raw 16-year-old, but even he was staggered after watching his protege run 21.63 seconds – the fourth-fastest time ever – just days after her silver in the 100m. It was a remarkable run by Schippers, 23, who eclipsed the European... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853636/dafne-schippers-record-200m-time-beijing-stuns-even-her-coach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853636/dafne-schippers-record-200m-time-beijing-stuns-even-her-coach?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:54:19 +0000 The cameraman who sent Usain Bolt flying at the world athletics championships presented him with a red bracelet on Friday to apologise, after footage of the incident went viral. A red-faced Song Tao of China’s CCTV placed the good-luck charm on Bolt’s wrist as an apology after he lost control of the electric scooter he was riding and clattered the Jamaican from behind. Bolt, the six-time Olympic champion, escaped serious injury in the accident, which happened as he celebrated sealing the world... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853617/scooter-assailant-who-sent-sprint-star-usain-bolt-flying-says-sorry-red?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853617/scooter-assailant-who-sent-sprint-star-usain-bolt-flying-says-sorry-red?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000 Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers smashed a European record that has stood since the 1970s as she won world 200m gold with an electrifying run yesterday. Schippers completed an incredible switch from heptathlete to sprinter by denying Jamaica their fourth gold medal in the two fastest races on the track. The 100m silver-medallist ran 21.63 seconds, the third fastest time in history, as she lunged at the line to beat Jamaican Elaine Thompson, who clocked a personal best of 21.66. Wow. It's crazy. A... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853575/flying-dutchwoman-dafne-schippers-200m-dip-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853575/flying-dutchwoman-dafne-schippers-200m-dip-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:23:29 +0000 China picked up a first gold medal at their home world athletics championships when Liu Hong led Lu Xiuzhi across the line after the duo blew away the field in the women’s 20 kilometre walk on Friday. Both were given a rapturous applause as Liu crossed the line in the iconic Birds Nest Stadium in a time of one hour 27 minutes and 45 seconds, just ahead of compatriot Lu, with the duo having gone step for step together throughout the race. The world record-holder and title favourite broke clear... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853336/china-breaks-gold-drought-beijing-world-championships-one-two-20km-walk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853336/china-breaks-gold-drought-beijing-world-championships-one-two-20km-walk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:00:15 +0000 No-one could catch the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt, as he won 200m gold at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing - except for this Segway-riding cameraman. The Jamaican was celebrating adding the 200m medal to the 100m he won a few days before, confirming his return to world-dominating form, when the cameraman hit a rail and sent his motorised scooter flying into the back of Bolt's legs. Luckily, the star was unhurt and could see the funny side of the incident. He was not about to let... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853312/watch-cameraman-mows-down-usain-bolt-after-losing-control-segway-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1853312/watch-cameraman-mows-down-usain-bolt-after-losing-control-segway-world?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:45:00 +0000 Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily outstripped American rival Justin Gatlin to claim his fourth consecutive world 200m title yesterday to complete a rousing sprint double in Beijing. Bolt clocked a world-leading 19.55 seconds to beat Gatlin by nearly two-tenths, thumbing his chest as he crossed the line to add the 200m to his 100m title. The clear victory extends Bolt's domination of sprinting, which stretches back to when he took the world by storm at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, also at the Bird's Nest... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853264/its-usain-bolt-again-he-clinches10th-gold-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1853264/its-usain-bolt-again-he-clinches10th-gold-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:00:15 +0000 Kenya's Julius Yego taught himself how to throw the javelin by watching videos on YouTube after he was rejected as a runner by coaches. Yesterday, he won the men's javelin title with the third longest throw of all time at the world championships in Beijing. Yego's monster third-round effort of 92.72 metres is the longest since Jan Zelezny threw 92.80 in 2001. The Czech also holds the world record of 98.48m, set in 1996. It was unbelievable, I am happy I won a gold medal for Kenya. Recently I had... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852852/mr-youtube-julius-yego-spears-world-javelin-title-monster-9272m?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852852/mr-youtube-julius-yego-spears-world-javelin-title-monster-9272m?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:15:45 +0000 Usain Bolt icily dismissed the threat of American Justin Gatlin after the fierce rivals cruised into the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Tuesday. The Jamaican superstar, who pipped two-time doping offender Gatlin to win gold in Sunday’s 100m final in Beijing, eased up with some 50 metres to go after coming off the bend well ahead of the field to win his heat in 20.28 seconds. I’m always confident, man. I was trying to make sure I ran at least 130... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852549/usain-bolt-dismisses-threat-justin-gatlin-200m-showdown-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852549/usain-bolt-dismisses-threat-justin-gatlin-200m-showdown-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:00:15 +0000 Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce roared to an unprecedented third women's 100 metres world title in a flash of green dreadlocks in Beijing on Monday. The double Olympic champion, wearing a band of yellow daisies in her green-dyed hair, clocked 10.76 seconds in Beijing as she emulated superstar countryman Usain Bolt, who blazed to glory in the men's 100m the previous night. I'm getting tired of 10.7. I just want to put a good race together and hopefully in the next race I get the time I'm... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852251/hat-trick-triumph-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-queen-sprints?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1852251/hat-trick-triumph-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-queen-sprints?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:15:00 +0000 Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin in a thrilling showdown to retain his 100 metres title in style at the world athletics championships on Sunday. Bolt, also the double Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the blue riband event, ran a season's best of 9.79 seconds in Beijing. I came out relaxed, no stress, and brought it home. It is all about running the race and getting it done. My aim is to be number one until I retire Usain Bolt Gatlin, who has served two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1851984/hes-still-king-usain-bolt-trumps-justin-gatlin-retain-world-100?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1851984/hes-still-king-usain-bolt-trumps-justin-gatlin-retain-world-100?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:41:34 +0000 Mo Farah made history defending his 10,000 metres title at the world athletics championships on Saturday as sprint arch-rivals Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin flexed their muscles to advance easily to the semi-finals of the 100 metres. Farah's victory was his sixth consecutive global track distance title, an unprecedented feat that saw him better the likes of Ethiopian legends Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie. It's nice to be known as someone who has won the most medals for my country. It's... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1851808/mighty-mo-farah-defends-10000-metres-title-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1851808/mighty-mo-farah-defends-10000-metres-title-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:30:30 +0000 Eritrean teenager Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the youngest ever marathon world champion when he stunned a strong field of fellow East Africans to win the first title of the Beijing championships on Saturday. The 19-year-old eased clear of the field over the final six kilometres and crossed the line in two hours, 12 minutes and 27 seconds to claim a first world championships gold medal for his country. “I cannot explain what I am feeling, I am so happy,” he said. “I am so proud of this victory.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851664/teenager-ghirmay-ghebreslassie-stuns-marathon-stars-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851664/teenager-ghirmay-ghebreslassie-stuns-marathon-stars-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:45:45 +0000 Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt makes his bow in the 100m heats on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships today, when Briton Mo Farah will bid for an unprecedented six consecutive global track distance titles in the 10,000m. Bolt's appearance at Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest stadium comes seven years after he stormed to treble gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in the capital, a period in which he has dominated. "Beijing was where it all started for me at the Olympic Games in 2008," the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851562/usain-bolt-and-mo-farah-action-world-championships-begin-today?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851562/usain-bolt-and-mo-farah-action-world-championships-begin-today?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:11:44 +0000 To many, sprinter Justin Gatlin will forever be the bad guy of track and field: a drug cheat forced to serve not one, but two doping bans. As he nears the biggest race of his life, against Usain Bolt at the world championships tomorrow, the American hopes the world recognises he is more than that - much more. The 100 metres showdown in Beijing matches the 33-year-old, undefeated for two years in sprints, against Jamaican world record holder Bolt in the blue riband event. With world athletics... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851543/bad-guy-tag-doesnt-bother-me-justin-gatlin-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851543/bad-guy-tag-doesnt-bother-me-justin-gatlin-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:48:55 +0000 Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt has been saddened by the focus on doping in the run-up to the world championships, but says even he cannot save the sport by himself. The governing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has spent the three weeks leading up to its showpiece event, which begins tomorrow, defending its record on doping after a string of embarrassing leaks. Britain's Sebastian Coe was elected as new IAAF president on Wednesday and has promised to set... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851237/i-cannot-save-athletics-alone-says-usain-bolt-ahead-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1851237/i-cannot-save-athletics-alone-says-usain-bolt-ahead-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:45:06 +0000 Sebastian Coe vowed “zero tolerance” for drug cheats in track and field after winning a narrow vote to become the new president of world athletics body the IAAF on Wednesday.    Coe pipped Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka 115-92 in the vote at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) congress in Beijing, but he has a tough task ahead of him.  With a series of doping controversies at the top of Coe’s agenda when he takes office after the world championships which start in Beijing on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850894/zero-tolerance-drug-cheats-sebastian-coe-vows-after-winning-iaaf?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850894/zero-tolerance-drug-cheats-sebastian-coe-vows-after-winning-iaaf?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:30:15 +0000 Sebastian Coe was elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday after beating Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in a ballot of the governing body’s 50th Congress. The former Olympic 1,500 metres champion will replace Senegalese Lamine Diack, who has run the body for the last 16 years, at the end of the August 22-30 world championships in Beijing. Coe’s initial term will be for four years. The 58-year-old Briton takes over as head of a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850758/sebastian-coe-named-international-athletics-chief-ahead-sergey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850758/sebastian-coe-named-international-athletics-chief-ahead-sergey?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2015 04:30:30 +0000 World athletics boss Lamine Diack opened the meeting which will choose his successor on Wednesday with a defiant stab at track and field’s doping detractors, saying they had painted the sport as a “monster”. We have the world championships here in Beijing and people will say 80 per cent of the athletes are bound to test positive Lamine Diack Diack, 82, is stepping down as president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after 16 years in charge, with Sergey Bubka and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850740/media-has-turned-athletics-monster-says-outgoing-iaaf-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1850740/media-has-turned-athletics-monster-says-outgoing-iaaf-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:30:00 +0000 Hard as this is to believe, there was a time when no one knew of Usain Bolt. The 1.95 metre Jamaican exploded on the scene shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics and changed the sprinting game forever. He has set and reset the world records in the 100 metres (9.58 seconds), 200m (19.19) and the 4x100m relay (36.84). He has had fun every step of the way, too, entertaining fans not only with his blistering times, but his theatrics after he has crossed the line. That bow-and-arrow pose remains... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1849734/five-athletes-watch-beijing-world-championships-ahead-rio-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1849734/five-athletes-watch-beijing-world-championships-ahead-rio-games?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:45:00 +0000 Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce swept to victory in the Stockholm Diamond League 100m with a 10.93sec triumph which sent a powerful message to her world championship rivals. There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with. I am the defending champion so I will be the number one target Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce The Jamaican sprinter, who is the reigning Olympic and world champion, edged Tori Bowie of the United States (11.05) and compatriot Natasha Morrison (11.22). Fraser-Pryce, 28, was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1845576/pocket-rocket-fraser-pryce-fires-ahead-world-championships-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1845576/pocket-rocket-fraser-pryce-fires-ahead-world-championships-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:29:56 +0000 Usain Bolt insisted he would be ready for the challenge of toppling in-form American Justin Gatlin at the world championships in Beijing next month. The Jamaican track king made the pledge on the eve of his return from injury in the 100m on the opening night of the Anniversary Games Diamond League meeting in London on Friday. Bolt has not raced since winning the New York Diamond League 200m race on June 13 because of a pelvic problem. It just takes one run to get to 9.7. I’m not worried about... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1843294/justin-gatlin-doesnt-scare-me-says-usain-bolt-beijing-clash-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1843294/justin-gatlin-doesnt-scare-me-says-usain-bolt-beijing-clash-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jul 2015 03:15:00 +0000 Jamaican sprint star Asafa Powell ran 9.87 seconds in his last 100m outing before the Beijing world championships at a meet in the Swiss town of Bellinzona on Tuesday. Former world record holder Powell, who won the Diamond League meet in Paris earlier this month in a time of 9.81 seconds, finished comfortably ahead of his fellow countryman Nesta Carter (10.05 seconds).Powell’s time broke the record for the meeting, as he went below the 10-second barrier for the 90th time in his career. Powell,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1842810/asafa-powell-runs-987-seconds-last-outing-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1842810/asafa-powell-runs-987-seconds-last-outing-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:31:18 +0000 A four-year doping ban served from 2006-10 has been both "a gift and a curse", controversial in-form American sprinter Justin Gatlin admitted. Theoretically I never had any injuries, I've been away from the sport for four years - I literally didn't run for four years, so my body's been rested Justin Gatlin Speaking ahead of last night's Diamond League meet in Monaco, Gatlin acknowledged that hitting the peak of his form at the age of 33 was connected to sitting out four seasons of track action... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1840936/drugs-ban-was-gift-and-curse-says-form-justin-gatlin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1840936/drugs-ban-was-gift-and-curse-says-form-justin-gatlin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:21:46 +0000 Justin Gatlin shot arch-rival Usain Bolt a warning with a consummate performance in his 26th successive sprint victory on Thursday, while Mo Farah returned to the track with a sublime win he said answered his critics. Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m gold medallist and 2005 double world sprint champion who consequently served two doping bans before nailing the 2012 world 60m indoor title, Olympic bronze at the London Games and a world silver in Moscow a year later, is peaking perfectly for next... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1835615/justin-gatlin-shoots-usain-bolt-warning-while-mo-farah-hits-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1835615/justin-gatlin-shoots-usain-bolt-warning-while-mo-farah-hits-out?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:45:45 +0000 When a furious Justin Gatlin left Beijing, where the world championships will be hosted later this year, boasting he was going to “drop a bomb” in his next race, his manager could only raise a smile. Renaldo Nehemiah, one of the great athletes of his own era, recognises the fire still burning in Gatlin, one of the most polarising figures in athletics. There’s nothing he can do about the criticism, the bed’s been made. But what it does is fuel him Renaldo Nehemiah Gatlin has twice failed drugs... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1805767/justin-gatling-man-running-redemption-after-doping-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1805767/justin-gatling-man-running-redemption-after-doping-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 May 2015 11:00:15 +0000