American Masai Russell won the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday.
Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani once again failed to impress on the global stage
The Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting.
Images from the Diamond League Finals at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Saturday.
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn capped a dazzling performance in the 100 metres hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal while Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump title in an action packed Monday morning at the Olympic Stadium
The Joy and Drama of Track and Field at the Olympics.
Valerie Adams chalks up another medal for the mums.
The Italian and Japanese battled shoulder-to-shoulder as the leading pair in the final 4km, but the Italian coped well with the pressure and accelerated in the final 300m to seal the gold medal.
In other India-related news, Manish Kaurav (KL3 men 200m) and Manjeet Singh (VL2 men 200m) made it to the finals of their respective events for the first time in the history of the tournament.
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