Bahamian Shaunae Miller launched herself over the finishing line with a desperate dive to pip Allyson Felix to the women's Olympic 400 metres gold medal by the narrowest of margins on Monday.
Asafa Powell ran the fastest 100 meters in the world this year.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce matched her season's best of 10.67 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
Images from Thursday's proceedings at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.
Kenya's marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian jumper Caterine Ibarguen were honoured as IAAF athletes of the year at athletics' annual awards ceremony on Tuesday.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, Day 6.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday, Day 8.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
Bahrain's Ruth Jebet blew away the competition to win the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase gold on Sunday, but narrowly missed out on the world record. Jebet ran a bold race, bursting into the lead after a few laps and setting a blistering pace to win in 8 minutes, 59.75 seconds, just shy of the 8:58.81 world record set by Russia's Gulnara Galkina at the 2008 Beijing Games.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
