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Murakami wins javelin bronze at worlds

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yukifumi Murakami shows off the bronze medal he won in the men's javelin during a ceremony at the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 23.

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Murakami wins javelin bronze at worlds

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yukifumi Murakami acknowledges spectators after winning the bronze medal in the men's javelin during a ceremony at the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt finishes in first place in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt acknowledges cheers from the crowd after winning the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt finishes in first place in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt finishes in first place in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Usain Bolt (R) runs in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds, beating Tyson Gay (2nd from R), who finished second, and Asafa Powell (3rd from R), who finished third.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures after finishing in first place in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses for the crowd after winning the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m at world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) finishes in first place in the 100 meters final at the world athletic championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 16. Bolt claimed his first world crown in a world record time of 9.58 seconds, beating Tyson Gay (C) of the United States, who finished second, and Jamaica's Asafa Powell (R), who finished third.

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Russia's Isinbaeva fails to capture medal at world athletics meet

BERLIN, Germany - World record holder Elena Isinbaeva of Russia reacts after failing to clear 4.8 meters in the pole vault at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 17, failing to attain a third win at the sports meet.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt set a new world record for the men's 100 meters at the world athletic championships in Berlin on Aug. 16 with a time of 9.58 seconds, 0.11 second faster than the previous world record he set at last year's Beijing Olympics.

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Bolt wins men's 200-m with new world record

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt (R) runs ahead of American Charles Clark (L) and Panama's Alonso Edward (C) to win the men's 200 meters final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, August 20, with a new world record of 19.19 seconds.

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Ethiopia's Bekele wins men's 10,000 meters at world athletics meet

BERLIN, Germany - Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, waving his country's flag, celebrates his victory in the men's 10,000-meter event at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 17.

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Athletes in world athletics c'ship

BERLIN, Germany - Competitors jump over a water obstacle in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase final of the World Athletics Championship at Berlin Olympic Stadium on Aug. 16.

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Foster-Hilton wins in women's 100-meter hurdles final

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hilton runs in the final of the women's 100-meter hurdles at the world athletics championships at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 19, winning the race with a time of 12.51 seconds.

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Bolt wins men's 200-m with new world record

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses next to an electronic time board after winning the men's 200 meters during the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin August 20. He won the gold with a new world record of 19.19 seconds.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia reacts after clearing the 2.05-meter bar in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold.

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Croatia's Vlasic wins women's high jump

BERLIN, Germany - Croatia's Blanka Vlasic does a victory lap after winning gold in the women's high jump during the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin August 20.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia celebrates with her country's flag after winning the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold with 2.05 meters.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia clears the 2.05-meter bar in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia reacts after clearing the 2.05-meter bar in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold. (Kyodo)

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Jamaica's Walker wins women's 400 hurdles

BERLIN, Germany - Melaine Walker of Jamaica (R) runs ahead of Lashinda Demus of the U.S. in the women's 400-meter hurdles to win gold in 52.42 seconds during the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin August 20.

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Allyson Felix wins women's 200m at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Allyson Felix (R) of the United States wins the women's 200-meter final race in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 21 in a time of 22.02. (Kyodo)

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Australia's Hooker wins men's pole vault at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Steven Hooker of Australia celebrates after clearing 5.90 meters to win the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 22. (Kyodo)

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Allyson Felix wins women's 200m at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter final race in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 21.

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LaShawn Merritt wins men's 400m at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - LaShawn Merritt (R) of the United States competes in the men's 400-meter final race at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 21. Merritt won the gold in a time of 44.06.

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LaShawn Merritt wins men's 400m at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - LaShawn Merritt of the United States celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter final race in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 21.

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Japan 4th in men's 4x100 relay at worlds

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Shinji Takahira (R) hands the baton to Kenji Fujimitsu in the final of the men's 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 22. The Japanese team clocked 38.30 seconds to finish in fourth place. (Kyodo)

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Yaroslav Rybakov wins men's high jump at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the men's high jump in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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American Phillips wins men's long jump at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Dwight Phillips of the United States competes in the men's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 22. Phillips won the gold with 8.54 meters.

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Jamaica wins men's 4x100m relay at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after his team won the men's 4x100 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 22. (Kyodo)

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Kenya's Cheruiyot wins women's 5000m at world championships

BERLIN, Germany - Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya (L) celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 5000-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 22. (Kyodo)

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Ozaki in women's marathon, Brandenburg Gate

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki (C) and other competitors run past the Brandenburg Gate near the 10-kilomter mark during the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23. Ozaki won the silver medal with a time of 2:25:25.

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