On the first Sunday night of the IAAF World Championships, in the bowels of the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, one European journalist raised his hand with a question for Justin Gatlin. “Justin, a few of the other athletes in the race have said it was an important victory for

Beijing Roundup: Day 4 A day of Kenyan dominance, in two events anyway, as we watched two titles go the way of the East-African men. David Rudisha made a triumphant return to global championships as he ran an immensely controlled race to take the 800m title. His teammate in the