ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Berlin Date: 15-23 August
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**Kenenisa Bekele claimed his fourth successive 10,000m world title with a stunning performance in Berlin.**The Ethiopian, who has never been beaten at the distance, set a new championship record of 26 minutes 45.11 seconds.
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women’s 100m in 10.73 seconds.
But defending champion Yelena Isinbayeva failed to clear a height in the women’s pole vault final, allowing Poland’s Anna Rogowska to win gold.
Bekele put in a savage kick at the bell to leave Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea, who had led for 13 laps, in his wake.
Tadese took silver in 26:50.12, and Moses Dniema Masai of Kenya earned the bronze in 26:57.39.
With his win in Berlin, Bekele equalled the four 10,000 world titles Haile Gebrselassie won over the distance.
Olympic champion Fraser, whose time was the joint third best in history, made a flying start and just managed to hold off a late surge by compatriot Kerron Stewart, who clocked 10.75. American champion Carmelita Jeter was third in 10.90.
Russia’s Isinbayeva, whose world record stands at 5.05 metres, failed at one attempt at 4.75 and then two at 4.80.
Rogowska, who also beat Isinbayeva at a meet in London before the championships, cleared 4.75 to finish ahead of Chelsea Johnson of the United States and Monika Pyrek of Poland, who shared the silver with vaults of 4.65.
Isinbayeva had won every major title since winning gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Marta Dominguez of Spain, the silver medallist in 2001 and 2003, won the women’s steeplechase in a time of nine minutes 7.32 seconds.
Dominguez raced past Yuliya Zarudneva of Russia in the final 100m, meaning Zarudneva took silver in 9:08.39 and Milcah Chemos Cheywa of Kenya picked up the bronze in 9:09.57.
Olympic champion Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia won his country’s first ever gold in the hammer throw, beating former Olympic champion Szymon Ziolkowski of Poland. Aleksey Zagornyi of Russia took bronze.
Kozmus took the lead with his second attempt but put more shine on his victory with a winning throw of 80.84 metres with his last attempt, with gold already assured.
Ziolkowski, showing his best form since taking gold at the 2000 Olympics and 2001 worlds in Edmonton, threw 79.30, while Zagornyi threw 78.09.
Cuba’s Yargelis Savigne successfully defended her women’s triple jump crown. The 24-year-old had a best effort of 14.95 metres to beat compatriot Mabel Gay (14.61) and Russia’s Anna Pyatykh (14.58).