Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men's 10,000 metres gold medal, the first of the Olympic athletics programme, on Friday, defeating world champion and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda.
The United States team broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Paris Olympics on Friday
It was an agonising and heartwarming end to the opening heat of the men's 5,000m
Olympic champions Elaine Thompson-Herah, Selemon Barega, Armand Duplantis, Steven Gardiner, Emmanuel Korir, Hansle Parchment and Karsten Warholm were all beaten.
Compatriot Ronnie Baker, who had set the previous fastest 100m of the year nine days ago, was second in 9.93 seconds, with Jamaica's Yohan Blake third a further hundredth of a second back.
A wrap from Day 2 of the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest on Sunday.
It is the first time every athlete has been disqualified from a heat at a major championships.
Images from the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, Day 3, in Oregon.
Even with three stitches in his spiked left leg and suffering from a bruised left knee, the legacy of his turbulent 10,000 metres triumph on Friday, Britain's endurance maestro had the quality and nous to qualify easily for Saturday's final.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
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