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Britain's Andy Baddeley and Shannon Rowbury of the United States won the men's and women's titles at the 29th Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile on a beautiful fall Saturday afternoon.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after his win in the 200 metres at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Greece on Sunday.

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt ended his season with victory in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

PHILLIPS Idowu and Lisa Dobriskey celebrated their World Championships medals in style as they led the British charge at yesterday's Aviva British Grand Prix at Gateshead International stadium.

LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY From VillaFour on 606: "From what's being said in the interviews, it sounds like the athletes are either going on holiday with a smile on their face or have a lot of thinking to do in the next few weeks about where they go from here.

Notable accomplishments by Team USA athletes at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin: -Team USA won more gold medals than any other country ...2nd place Jamaica -Team USA won more medals than any other country ...2nd place Jamaica -Team USA dominated the placing table with 231 points...2nd place Russia -Tyson Gay posts American ...

Log on to www.usatf.org to see the television listings for the World Championships and go to www.iaaf.org for complete results.

Bernard Lagat 's attempt to replicate his historic showing at another world championship was wrapped in a box Wednesday night, and Lagat couldn't get out of it.

Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt will continue his attempt to emulate his Olympic feats on the world stage on day five of the World Athletics Championships today.

Canada's Nathan Brannen, seen in this file photo, failed to advance to the 1,500-metre final at the world championships on Monday.

Full disclosure has not always been Bernard Lagat 's specialty. In 2004, he declined to reveal that he had become a United States citizen in order to preserve his ability to run in the 2004 Olympics for Kenya.

TOM Lancashire must wait to find out if he has done enough to earn Team GB selection for next month's World Championships in Berlin.

It's been several weeks since I wrote about track and field, and with this weekends action in Europe, things are heating up with some good competition, outstanding times by some stars, and standard chasing by some Americans.

By setting a huge personal best at tonight's Golden Gala in Rome, University of Arkansas miler Dorian Ulrey cemented his place on the USA 1500m team for next month's IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.

Razorbacks Dorian Ulrey and Wallace Spearmon, Jr. earned spots on Team USA for the 2009 IAAF World Championships with top three finishes in their respective events on the final day of competition at the USA Championships, held at Oregon's Hayward Field.

Last year at this time, Erik van Ingen was sitting at home in Marathon. He remembers watching the 1,500-meter race at the United States Track and Field championships in Eugene, Ore.