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Video Dwain Chambers winning the men's 60m dash in Doha
Great Britain’s Dwain Chambers rocketed to the gold medal in 6.48seconds to win the men’s 60m dash at the World Indoor Championships.
Chambers’ time is the fastest in the world this season and he got home ahead of American Mike Rogers and Daniel Bailey of Antigua who finished third.
But it was all about one man, Chambers, who got off to a rocket of a start and powered away from the world-class...
Jessica Ennis moves up to third all-time best in Pentathlon
Briton Jessica Ennis finished the women’s Pentathlon competition in exactly the emphatic style in which she started, winning another gold medal with a wide margin.
The 24-year-old went for it from the start of the 1000m and took the lead to go after the World record, but not surprisingly that proved to be a job too tough even for her. Ennis finished the race in 2:12.55, an indoor personal best for...
Finland’s Osku Torro surprises with 2.32m NR; world lead also for Cantwell
Finland’s 30-year-old Osku Torro took a surprise High Jump victory indoors in Wuppertal, Germany, setting a world season lead with a 2.32m performance which not only added 5 centimetres to his outright personal best (2.27 outdoors, 2007 / 2.26 indoors, 2006) but improved the Finnish record by one centimetre.
Torro, had a clean jumping card through four heights up to and including 2.25 and then needed...
