In a continuing series, Steve Smythe looks at the history of events at the Olympics and this time it is the turn of the women's pentathlon and heptathlon
With gender equality and innovation in mind, female athletes could contest the 10-event decathlon rather than the seven-discipline heptathlon at the Rio Olympic Games
Jamaican runs 6.44 - just five hundredths outside Maurice Greene's global mark - and moves to fifth on the all-time 60m list to highlight the morning of the second day at the World Indoors
A look at some of the latest athletics news from around the world, including comments from Usain Bolt on his training and a change to the Diamond League points system
The Olympic and world heptathlon champion is up for the World Comeback of the Year award, while Usain Bolt and Genzebe Dibaba are also among those nominated in Laureus World Sports Awards
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