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MOSCOW, Russia (Sporting Alert) — Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce and Mo Farah completed fine doubles at the IAAF World Championships on day seven in Moscow, Russia on Friday night.

Jamaican Fraser-Pryce captured the women’s sprint double, following victory in the 200m final, while Farah held off the challenges of his rivals to take a fine 10,000m and 5000m double.

Fraser-Pryce posted 22.17 seconds in a slight head wind to take the gold medal in the women’s half-lap, completing a well deserved 100/200 double for the first time at a major championship.

Murielle Ahoure from the Ivory Coast made it a double silver medal collection with second in the 200m in 22.32, the same time given to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, who had missed out on winning a medal in the 100m.

American Allyson Felix, the 2012 London Olympic Games champion, pulled a muscle early in the race and had to be carried off the track. This means she will be out of the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.

Farah, in the meantime, produced another strong final lap to hold off Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia and win the men’s 5000m gold medal, repeating the same feat he did at the Olympics last year.

The Great Britain star ran 13 minutes, 26.98 seconds for the title, beating Gebrhiwet, who clocked 13:27.26 and Kenya’s Isaiah Koech, 13:27.26.

Usain Bolt put himself in line to capture another global sprint double after winning his 200m semi-finals in a well relaxed 20.12secs.

Quickest of the qualifiers were American Curtis Mitchell (19.97) and Great Britain’s Adam Gemili (19.98) who both ran personal bests and were the only two under the 20-seconds barrier.

Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir of Jamaica and his teammate Nickel Ashmeade also made the final.

Elsewhere, Tatyana Lysenko of Russia won a very exciting women’s Hammer Throw with a world-leading, championship and national record mark of 78.80m. Anita Włodarczyk of Poland who battled hard with the Russian and her home supporters, was a close second with a national record of 78.46, while China’s Zhang Wenxiu won the bronze.

In other events, United States ran a world-leading 2:58.71 to win gold in the men’s 4x400m, beating Jamaica (2:59.88) and Russia (2:59.90), David Storl of Germany defended his shot put title with a 21.73m throw, while the men’s long jump gold medal went to Aleksandr Menkov of Russia with a jump of 8.56m.

Americans Alysia Montano (1:58.92) and Brenda Martinez (1:59.03) lead all qualifiers in the final of the women’s 800m.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (Sporting Alert) — World Record holder Usain Bolt returns to action on Friday when he races in the heats of the men’s 200m at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

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Also set to face the starter’s gun on day seven is Great Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah, who goes in the men’s 5000m final and Olympic champion Allyson Felix of USA, who take on Jamaican 100m world gold medallist Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce in the women’s 200m final.

Bolt, who won the 100m title earlier this week in 9.77 seconds, goes in the last heat of the men’s 200m against his training partner Delano Williams of Great Britain.

Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir, another training partner of Bolt, is a favorite to improve on the color of that medal and he should have no problems taking heat three of the early rounds.

Nickel Ashmeade, a finalist in the 100m for Jamaica, American Wallace Spearmon, Jamaican Jason Livermore, Great Britain’s Adam Gemili also go in the opening heats.

The semi-finals of the event will be in the evening session.

The women’s 200m final is also on Friday, with Felix, Fraser-Pryce, Murielle Ahoure and Blessing Okagbare the main candidates for the medals.

Felix, Ahoure and Fraser-Pryce where all semi-finals winners, while Blessing also looked impressive when chasing home the American in her heat.

The Nigerian missed out on the medals in the 100m and she is hoping to make amends in the half-lap.

I just want to do well as long as my body carries me,” Okagbare said. “Regardless of how I feel, I have to go through the competition and see what happens.

Meanwhile, after winning the men’s 10,000m gold medal, Farah goes in search of the double when he takes on a very strong field in the 5000m.

At the London Olympic Games last summer, Farah impressively sealed the double and come Friday evening, the Britain star will look to get past the likes of training partner Galen Rupp, Ethiopians Yenew Alamirew and Hagos Gebrhiwet, Kenyan pair Edwin Soi and Isaiah Koech and U.S. veteran Bernard Lagat.

Elsewhere, USA will start favorite to win the men’s 4x400m after posting a world-leading time of 2:59.85 in the heats, despite resting LaShawn Merritt and Tony McQuay, who finished 1-2 in the open event.

Jamaica (3:00.41) Trinidad and Tobago (3:00.48), Great Britain (3:00.50) and Belgium (3:00.81) are expected to fight for the other podium places.

“We have a young team and I think we can get a medal,” said Jamaican Javere Bell. “It would mean a lot to us, and to me, as it is my first World Cahmpionships.

“None of us made it to the final in the individual 400m, so I’m happy we did it in the relay.”

A wide open men’s long jump final is also on day seven, while the impressive Ryan Whiting leads all the finallists in the men’s shot put and home favorite Tatyana Lysenko heads the list of competitors in the women’s hammer throw final.

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