Hima Das's journey from the rice fields of Assam is to a world champion today is inspirational.
The defending champion came seventh, one second behind stage winner Michael Matthews of Australia as Aru, who started the day with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, lost 25 seconds to the Briton in the final effort, a 600-metre climb at an average gradient of 9.6 per cent.
It was Gatlin's second positive test, which under anti-doping rules could have resulted in a life ban.
Katie Ledecky claimed a stunning gold in the women's 200 metres and also won the 1,500m freestyle gold with a world record.
Jamaican world record holder Asafa Powell and US sprinter Sanya Richards were voted best by Track & Field News magazine.
The two-times Olympic 100m gold medallist and three-times world 100m champion said she will return to competition in 2018.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Virat Kohli is the quintessential 'teacher's delight' but it is injury-prone Mohammed Shami, in his current fit avatar, that India's strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu considers his biggest achievement since joining the team.
The Indian ace was four off the lead, shared by Retief Goosen of South Africa and Australian Richard Green, at the halfway stage of the Qatar Masters.
'I've just done everything I wanted to do in the sport'
The head of police who took charge of the crime scene after Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot dead his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has resigned.
The 31-year-old American is not in training, even though most of the world's elite sprinters have already begun preparations for the 2007 season.
Legendary track and field sprinter Milkha Singh says hockey legend Dhyan Chand deserved the Bharat Ratna honour 'before anyone else', even as he proposed that cricket great Sachin Tendulkar be made the country's sports minister.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 43-member contingent, comprising 21 men and 22 women athletes, for the Games.
Controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin does not understand why people insist on calling him a two-time drug cheat.
World champion Asbel Kiprop's relentless pace proved too much for his rivals, including Mo Farah, as the Kenyan clocked the fastest 1,500 metres time since 2004 at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
A judge will pass sentence on athlete Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend after one of the most sensational murder trials in South Africa's history - and the decision could fuel controversy over the state of the country's justice system.
China's Su Bingtian held off his opponents with a late burst of speed to win the event in 9.92 seconds.
Justin Gatlin's coach accused that the masseur applied a mysterious cream to the sprinter on the day he failed a doping test.
IOC set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations made against US sprinter Marion Jones by BALCO chief Victor Conte.
Chris Froome remains in contention for a fourth Tour de France title after Team Sky put the pressure on their rivals with a perfectly executed plan in Friday's 13th stage, won on Bastille Day by France's Warren Barguil.
Chris Froome got a brutal reminder of the unpredictable nature of the Tour de France when he crashed to the ground in Sunday's second stage, recovering to finish with torn shorts as German Marcel Kittel powered to victory at the end of a huge sprint.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.
The IOC, on it's part, would not be surprised if more violations of doping rules were found.
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur smashed an 18-year-old national record to win gold and qualify for next year's Olympics as Railways dominated the show on the opening day of the 55th National Open Athletics Championships in Kolkata.
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