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Posted by: Mack Aug 10 2015, 12:51 PM

The 15th World Athletics Championships 2015 will be held in Beijing, China on 22-30 August.


The coverage of the championships will be live on the BBC in the UK.

Will anyone be watching it?

Hopefully these championships will be remembered for the right reasons and stop all the controversy surrounding blood data.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 10 2015, 01:44 PM

I shall be watching, as always.

Looking forward to the sprints from a GB perspective, which is still weird.

Posted by: Mack Aug 11 2015, 06:42 PM

Even more bad news in the world of athletics.

28 athletes who completed at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships have returned 'adverse findings' from retested samples according to the IAAF.

Posted by: Mack Aug 16 2015, 03:53 PM

It's hope the World Athletics Championships are remembered for the right reasons.

Adam Gemili will not be racing in the 200m following medical advice.

Posted by: richie Aug 17 2015, 08:18 AM

That's a shame.

Yes, I'll be watching - love the world championships.

Posted by: Mack Aug 19 2015, 12:13 PM

Lord Coe has been voted as the new president of IAAF.

That's a good choice in my opinion.

Posted by: Mack Aug 20 2015, 07:45 PM

No

You're a drugs cheat, Gatlin.

If he can run the quickest times this year. Why the hell did he take steroids in the first place?

Posted by: richie Aug 21 2015, 07:52 AM

I have never been more behind Usain Bolt than I will be on Saturday at 2:15. Gatlin should have been thrown out for good when he was caught a second time.

"There are not going to be medals passed out to everybody in the world. It is going to be passed out to one person, the champion." - Justin Gatlin.

Oh yes, Justin, there are medals for more than one person...and yours will be silver.

Posted by: PeaceMob Aug 21 2015, 10:41 AM

Hope KJT can get the woman's heptathlon title, although she has had a niggling injury for most of this year. And of course it would be awesome if Jess Ennis can take a medal too after having her baby.

Mo is a don and hopefully he can win the double 5000/10,000M at the World Champs again for Team GB.

Also looking forward to seeing newcomers like Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes and how far they can go too.

Posted by: Mack Aug 21 2015, 03:08 PM

Hopefully for a Farah victory tomorrow in the men's 10,000m.

Definitely be interesting to see how our relay teams do and Asher-Smith, Hughes do in their respective events.

Posted by: Mack Aug 21 2015, 07:48 PM

A Day-To Day Guide courtesy of the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33988940

Very glad that the BBC have still got the rights to the Championships after Channel 4's attempt in 2011 which will be remembered for Otis Deley's presenting skills:



Although to be fair to him, it was his first job as a sports presenter.

Posted by: Ryan. Aug 23 2015, 02:13 AM

I feel unbelievably sorry for Katarina there, for that split second I thought she pulled out one of the best jumps I've ever seen under such pressure, just as Katarina thought she had too. As soon as I saw the slow-motion replay, I knew in my heart that she was a millimetre over the board but I so hoped she'd get away with it.

I remember Katarina being so close to a record in a recent championship but she missed out by something like 10 points, and now she's basically had a potential gold medal slip through her fingers because of one millimetre. I so hope that Katarina finally gets that gold medal in Rio next year, she deserves it so much! I think Katarina is in the main long jump competition too later in the week, it'd be incredible if she got something from that.

Hopefully Jess can go on and win the heptathlon now, it was great that she supported Katarina after their final jumps.

Posted by: Ryan. Aug 23 2015, 02:16 AM

Insanely close, I'm sure I've seen them given before!

Posted by: ShIzune Aug 23 2015, 12:30 PM

Aww, poor KJT She definitely has a medal for that in her future, but well done for Jess for getting it in the end, that's an incredible achievement for her.

I'm enjoying watching the odd event here, this is a fine warm-up for the Olympics.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 23 2015, 01:11 PM

Didn't like KJT's attitude in the 800m at all. I ran faster than that when I was 11.

I get that she's still got the long jump to come but it's hardly like running properly would tire her out for that.

Posted by: Mack Aug 23 2015, 06:07 PM

Really pleased that Usain Bolt won the men's 100m and pipped that two-time drugs cheat Justin Gatlin on the line. Can't understand Gatlin at all, his attitude and demeanour. 4 people in that final who have had drug bans: Powell, Gay and Rodgers.

Fantastic performance from Ennis-Hill. Brilliant comeback after a year on from giving birth. She shouldn't be dismissed at all.

Posted by: richie Aug 24 2015, 02:07 PM

YES!!!!!! Now hopefully Bolt can make it a treble and send Gatlin home with three silvers.

Great performance from JEH - composed the whole way through. KJT looked nervous as anything but she was desperately unlucky in the long jump. She will get there though. She won the high jump and 200m and set personal bests in the hurdles and shot putt. Would have been a really, really exciting finish if she'd still been there for the final 800m.

Posted by: Mack Aug 24 2015, 02:23 PM

Fantastic performance from Fraser-Pryce to win the women's 100m and a good performance from Schippers to win sliver.

Posted by: Mack Aug 24 2015, 02:49 PM

Justin Gatlin's agent has said that Justin will be boycotting interviews from the BBC and the British media over them being biased against him during yesterday's 100m final in their coverage. Oh dear.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 24 2015, 03:37 PM

Rabah Yousif ran a massive PB in the 400m semis to go through as a fastest loser. Probably won't get a medal as the competition is probably the fiercest of any event on the timetable. Amazing stuff. Martyn Rooney went out, had clearly knackered himself in the heats.

Posted by: richie Aug 24 2015, 03:43 PM

Yep, great run from Rabah Yousif. Just qualifying for the final is great. Ditto Eilidh Childs.

Posted by: Mack Aug 24 2015, 04:00 PM

Good run indeed from Rabiah Yousif there. And from Child although she could have gone better in my opinion.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 24 2015, 04:43 PM

Yeah, she was slightly lucky to get through although no one was running especially quickly. I can't see her getting a medal, we might have to wait for Perri Shakes-Drayton to make her comeback for that.

Posted by: PeaceMob Aug 25 2015, 02:22 PM

Mo, Jess, and today Greg Rutherford have won GOLD for Britain so far at the World Champs this year, the legends from Super Saturday.

Christine Ohuruogu looked impressive at the women 400m semis today, Thursday's final should be great.

One thing I've noticed is how badly Russia and the USA are doing so far compared to previous World Champs, maybe the crackdown on doping really is getting better.

Posted by: Mack Aug 25 2015, 02:42 PM

Greg Rutherford becomes the 5th British athlete to hold the World, European, Commonwealth and Olympic Titles to hold all four titles at the same time. Fantastic performance.

Interesting how the Chinese have suddenly got better in the long jump.

Posted by: richie Aug 26 2015, 07:35 AM

Home advantage always helps, but yes, the Chinese did well. Also liked the Aussie guy who jumped with his chain in his mouth.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 26 2015, 08:53 AM

Kenya are still top of the medals table. Shouldn't really be a surprise that they can produce athletes who can win in the 800m and now the 400m hurdles given how dominant they are over the longer distances. They and Jamaica are really squeezing the US out of it.

Posted by: Ryan. Aug 27 2015, 03:09 AM

Fantastic to see Katarina Johnson-Thompson comfortably managing automatic qualification in the long jump just now - she has an outside chance of a medal if she gets close or surpasses her personal best, it would be so fantastic if she could snatch one! It's great that she's had an opportunity to get straight back out there in another event rather than having to wait a whole year until the next major world event.

I love the fact she's made the picture of her foul jump from the other day her new laptop screensaver, that's one way of dealing with it! Great to see the other long jumpers doing well too!

Posted by: Mack Aug 28 2015, 08:12 AM

Can Dina Asher-Smith win a medal in today's 200m final after looking very impressive in the two previous rounds.

Great news that Bolt winning his 10th World Championship gold medal. Easily one of the best sprinters I've ever seen.

Posted by: richie Aug 28 2015, 09:17 AM

I think she'll definitely take a medal but not sure she'll get gold as the other two semi-finals were much quicker. That said, she wasn't pushed and she must have a good bit left in the tank as they say.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 28 2015, 01:16 PM

5th for Asher-Smith. New British record but she couldn't quite dip below 22 seconds. Campbell-Brown got the bronze after that bizarre lane infringement in Round 1.

We got a medal that isn't a gold! Shara Proctor got another national record and became the first British woman to jump beyond 7m, but was denied at the last for the gold.

Posted by: Mack Aug 28 2015, 08:14 PM

Asher-Smith can only get stronger throughout the year before the Olympics providing she doesn't get any injuries.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 29 2015, 08:29 AM

She's 19 years old. It was an amazing performance, and next year she'll have Jodie Williams pushing her on to run even faster. In the same way, Zharnel Hughes and Adam Gemili could have some great battles in the coming years.

Posted by: Mack Aug 29 2015, 11:46 AM

Fantastic, measured run from Mo Farah. A 5th world gold medal and he completes his 3rd Long-Distance double after London 2012, Moscow 2013 and now Beijing 2015. Surely he must get something for Sports Personality of The Year? The best British long-distance runner we've ever had.

Posted by: Mack Aug 29 2015, 12:08 PM

Where's the high jump final, BBC?

Surely they would put field events on the Red Button.

Posted by: Soy Adrián Aug 29 2015, 02:18 PM

No medal for either 4x100 team. Women could have been a bit slicker but still ran a national record to finish 5th. Men were an easy third with 100 to go but then completely stuffed up the last changeover. USA got disqualified for a dodgy change so it could have been a silver if we'd got it right.

Posted by: Mack Aug 29 2015, 02:45 PM

I thought the women and men could get a bronze but not meant to be. Once again the men mess up with the baton. With the women it was highly competitive we nearly beat Trinidad & Tobago for the bronze but again not enough.