World Athletics: Farah completes the 'Double Double' as lightning Bolt strikes again

MO FARAH added another two medals to his bulging collection in Moscow while Usain Bolt became the most decorated world champion of all time.

Team GB great Farah repeated his feat of winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres double - thus achieving a brilliant Double Double following his two gold medals in the same races at the London 2012 Olympics.

His home wins, of course, resulted in the Mobot celebration and produced a sporting memory which will most likely stay with us all as he took gold on successive Saturday nights.

If anything, though, the World Championships in Moscow were even tougher for Farah with fewer days between his races added to the fact that he was very much now a marked man.

But, on both occasions in the Russian capital, Farah got himself in his favourite position at the front of the pack and sped for home.

As usual, his opponents were destroyed by the manoeuvre and it is a fact that Farah has now won his last five major championship races.

Is he the greatest British athlete of all time? Well, I have seen no one better myself, certainly no one look so calm and assured when the pressure is really on.

Another athlete excellent at dealing with the big moments is Christine Ohuruogu, undoubtedly the other big British success in Moscow.

The silver medallist from London 2012 always seems to raise her game for the big competitions - and, at the Luzhniki, she regained her 400 metres world title, which she originally won in Osaka in 2007.

Ohuruogu thus became the first ever British woman to win two world crowns, and this time she did it in style - pipping Amantle Montsho by 0.004 seconds, and beating Kathy Cook's long-standing national record with a time of 49.41s.

Ohuruogu also anchored Team GB to bronze in the 4x400m relay, a result which the women's 4x100m relay team matched on the last day of competition.

And, with Tiffany Porter also winning bronze in the 100 metres hurdles, Britain achieved its minimum target of six medals to finish seventh in the table.

World Championships are not necessarily all just about the medals, though, and it will have pleased British athletics bosses to see a couple of the younger team members perform well.

Adam Gemili ran in his first major championship final, taking fifth place in the 200 metres in a time of 20.08.

The 19-year-old from London had earlier qualified by running his semi final in 19.98, the second fastest time by a Briton at that distance, after John Regis.

Meanwhile, impressing in the heptathlon in the absence of injured Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, was Liverpool Harriers youngster Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Like Gemili, KJT also finished fifth, with a personal best points score of 6449 having set four PBs in the seven events, taking second in the 200 metres and the long jump, and third in the 800 metres. It was all progress in the right direction.

But it was a tough championships for some established British names. Greg Rutherford - famously part of the Super Saturday triumvirate at the Olympic Stadium - failed to qualify for the final rounds of the long jump after struggling with a hamstring injury.

And injuries have hit Dai Greene hard in his bid to defend his world title in the 400 metres hurdles.

The Welshman finished fourth at London 2012 after having his build-up to the Olympics disrupted by knee trouble. In Moscow, beset by an Achilles problem, he did not even reach the final.

Perhaps the biggest British disappointment, though, was once again the men's 4x100m relay team. Having finished third in the final, the team was disqualified after passing the baton outside the takeover zone on the second changeover.

Thus, the British have now failed to get the baton around properly in six of their last seven major championships. It really is a remarkably poor record, surely unequalled.

Looking elsewhere, meanwhile, the championships went largely as expected with the Jamaicans finishing third in the medal table through their domination of the sprints.

Indeed, both Bolt and his female compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took home their maximum haul of three golds apiece, meaning Bolt has now won an incredible eight world championship gold medals on top of his six in the Olympics.

But, while Bolt has come to expect success, Fraser-Pryce perhaps did even better than predicted, taking advantage of 200 metres Olympic champion Allyson Felix pulling up on the bend.

That snapped hamstring would ultimately mean that the Americans only finished second in the medal table, behind leaders Russia for the first time since 2001.

However, some strong home success - particularly in the field events - did not translate to big attendances at the Luzhniki, save for a few notable exceptions.

The most notable of these was the big crowd who turned up to see favourite Yelena Isinbayeva take gold in the pole vault.

It was unfortunate, then, that Isinbayeva chose to use her victory to spout misguided ire at a number of visiting athletes who had decided to protest against a recent Russian law banning the "homosexual propaganda".

"We are very afraid about our nation because we consider ourselves normal, standard people," said Isinbayeva. "We just live with boys with women, women with boys.

"It comes from history," she continued. "We never had these problems in Russia, and we don't want to have any in the future."

Quite rightly, Isinbayeva's comments were widely condemned with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling them "disappointing".

But the best (and cleverest) response came from BBC chief sports writer Tom Fordyce who tweeted, pointedly: "For someone who can clear 5m, Yelena appears to spend a lot of time with her head buried in the sand."

Isinbayeva has since apologised but her original remarks will not be easily forgotten in a championship marked as "a seven out of 10" by Bolt himself.

Ah yes, that man Bolt extended his legacy once more, his 100 metres triumph coming at an important time for the sport of athletics as a whole following the recent failed drug tests of Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.

But, it was not only Bolt who was celebrating amid the Moscow thunderstorms.

Agence France Presse photographer Olivier Morin gained global recognition after capturing a perfect shot of the Jamaican storming to victory as lightning struck overhead.

Morin has admitted since that he did not anticipate just how much attention he would get - but, effectively, his photo had left the world's sub-editors with little work of their own to do. "Lightning Bolt" was a simply unavoidable pun.

It was indeed photojournalism at its very best - truly a moment of brilliance on and off the track.

WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

TEAM GB MEDALLISTS

GOLD	Mo Farah	M 10000m	10 Aug
GOLD	Christine Ohuruogu	W 400m	12 Aug
GOLD	Mo Farah	M 5000m	16 Aug
BRONZE	Tiffany Porter	W 100m hurdles	17 Aug
BRONZE	Child, Cox, Adeoye, Ohuruogu	W 4x400m relay	17 Aug
BRONZE	Asher-Smith, Nelson, Lewis, Jones	W 4x100m relay	18 Aug

FULL RESULTS

TRACK
Men

100m (11 Aug)			Time
GOLD	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.77
SILVER	Justin Gatlin	USA	9.85
BRONZE	Nesta Carter	JAM	9.95
200m (17 Aug)
GOLD	Usain Bolt	JAM	19.66
SILVER	Warren Weir	JAM	19.79
BRONZE	Curtis Mitchell	USA	20.04
400m (13 Aug)
GOLD	LaShawn Merritt	USA	43.74
SILVER	Tony McQuay	USA	44.40
BRONZE	Lugelin Santos	DOM	44.52
800m (13 Aug)
GOLD	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1:43.31
SILVER	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:43.55
BRONZE	Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	1:43.76
1500m (18 Aug)
GOLD	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3:36.28
SILVER	Matthew Centrowitz Jr.	USA	3:36.78
BRONZE	Johan Cronje	RSA	3:36.83
5000m (16 Aug)
GOLD	Mo Farah	GBR	13:26.98
SILVER	Hagos Gebrhiwet	ETH	13:27.26
BRONZE	Isiah Koech	KEN	13:27.26
10000m (10 Aug)
GOLD	Mo Farah	GBR	27:21.71
SILVER	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	27:22.23
BRONZE	Paul Tanui	KEN	27:22.61
110m hurdles (12 Aug)
GOLD	David Oliver	USA	13.00
SILVER	Ryan Wilson	USA	13.13
BRONZE	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.24
400m hurdles (15 Aug)
GOLD	Jehue Gordon	TRI	47.69
SILVER	Michael Tinsley	USA	47.70
BRONZE	Emir Bekric	SRB	48.05
3000m steeplechase (15 Aug)
GOLD	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8:06.01
SILVER	Conseslus Kipruto	KEN	8:06.37
BRONZE	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	8:07.86
4x100m relay (18 Aug)
GOLD	Jamaica	JAM	37.36
SILVER	United States	USA	37.66
BRONZE	Canada	CAN	37.92
4x400m relay (16 Aug)
GOLD	United States	USA	2:58.71
SILVER	Jamaica	JAM	2:59.88
BRONZE	Russia	RUS	2:59.90
20km walk (11 Aug)
GOLD	Aleksandr Ivanov	RUS	1:20:58
SILVER	Chen Ding	CHN	1:21:09
BRONZE	Miguel Angel Lopez	ESP	1:21:21
50k walk (14 Aug)
GOLD	Robert Heffernan	IRL	3:37:56
SILVER	Mikhail Ryzhov	RUS	3:38:58
BRONZE	Jared Tallent	AUS	3:40:03
Marathon (16 Aug)
GOLD	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	2:09:51
SILVER	Lelisa Desisa	ETH	2:10:12
BRONZE	Tadese Tola	ETH	2:10:23

Women

100m (12 Aug)			Time
GOLD	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.71
SILVER	Murielle Ahoure	CIV	10.93
BRONZE	Carmelita Jeter	USA	10.94
200m (16 Aug)
GOLD	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	22.17
SILVER	Murielle Ahoure	CIV	22.32
BRONZE	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	22.32
400m (12 Aug)
GOLD	Christine Ohuruogu	GBR	49.41
SILVER	Amantle Monsho	BOT	49.41
BRONZE	Antonina Krivoshapka	RUS	49.78
800m (18 Aug)
GOLD	Eunice Jepkoech Sum	KEN	1:57.38
SILVER	Mariya Savinova	RUS	1:57.80
BRONZE	Brenda Martinez	USA	1:57.91
1500m (15 Aug)
GOLD	Abeba Aregawi	SWE	4:02.67
SILVER	Jennifer Simpson	USA	4:02.99
BRONZE	Hellen Onsando Obiri	KEN	4:03.86
5000m (17 Aug)
GOLD	Mereset Defar	ETH	14:50.19
SILVER	Mercy Cherono	KEN	14:51.22
BRONZE	Almaz Ayana	ETH	14:51.33
10000m (11 Aug)
GOLD	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	30:43.35
SILVER	Gladys Cherono	KEN	30:45.17
BRONZE	Belaynesh Oljira	ETH	30:46.98
100m hurdles (17 Aug)
GOLD	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.44
SILVER	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.50
BRONZE	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.55
400m hurdles (15 Aug)
GOLD	Zuzana Hejnova	CZE	52.83
SILVER	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	54.09
BRONZE	Lashinda Demus	USA	54.27
3000m steeplechase (13 Aug)
GOLD	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	KEN	9:11.65
SILVER	Lydiah Chepkurui	KEN	9:12.55
BRONZE	Sofia Assefa	ETH	9:12.84
4x100m relay (18 Aug)
GOLD	Jamaica	JAM	41.29
SILVER	United States	USA	42.75
BRONZE	Great Britain	GBR	42.87
4x400m relay (17 Aug)
GOLD	Russia	RUS	3:20.19
SILVER	United States	USA	3:20.41
BRONZE	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.61
20km walk (13 Aug)
GOLD	Elena Lashmanova	RUS	1:27:08
SILVER	Anisya Kirdyapkina	RUS	1:27:11
BRONZE	Liu Hong	CHN	1:28:10
Marathon (10 Aug)
GOLD	Edna Kiplagat	KEN	2:25:44
SILVER	Valeria Straneo	ITA	2:25:58
BRONZE	Kayoko Fukishi	JPN	2:27:45

FIELD
Men

High jump (15 Aug)
GOLD	Bohdan Bondarenko	UKR	2.41
SILVER	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.38
BRONZE	Derek Drouin	CAN	2.38
Long jump (16 Aug)
GOLD	Aleksandr Menkov	RUS	8.56
SILVER	Ignisious Gaisah	NED	8.29
BRONZE	Luis Rivera	MEX	8.27
Triple jump (18 Aug)
GOLD	Teddy Tamgho	FRA	18.04
SILVER	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	CUB	17.68
BRONZE	Will Claye	USA	17.52
Pole vault (12 Aug)
GOLD	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.89
SILVER	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.89
BRONZE	Bjorn Otto	GER	5.82
Shot put (16 Aug)
GOLD	David Storl	GER	21.73
SILVER	Ryan Whiting	USA	21.57
BRONZE	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	21.34
Discus throw (13 Aug)
GOLD	Robert Harting	GER	69.11
SILVER	Piotr Malachowski	POL	68.36
BRONZE	Gerd Kanter	EST	65.19
Hammer throw (12 Aug)
GOLD	Pawel Fajdek	POL	81.97
SILVER	Krisztian Pars	HUN	80.30
BRONZE	Lukas Melich	CZE	79.36
Javelin (16 Aug)
GOLD	Vitezslav Vesely	CZE	87.17
SILVER	Tero Pitkamaki	FIN	87.07
BRONZE	Dmitriy Tarabin	RUS	86.23
Decathlon (10-11 Aug)
GOLD	Ashton Eaton	USA	8809
SILVER	Michael Schrader	GER	8670
BRONZE	Damian Warner	CAN	8512

Women

High jump (17 Aug)
GOLD	Svetlana Shkolina	RUS	2.03
SILVER	Brigetta Barrett	USA	2.00
BRONZE	Anna Chicherova Ruth Beitia	RUS ESP	1.97
Long jump (11 Aug)
GOLD	Brittney Reese	USA	7.01
SILVER	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.99
BRONZE	Ivana Spanovic	SRB	6.82
Triple jump (15 Aug)
GOLD	Caterine Ibarguen	COL	14.85
SILVER	Ekaterina Koneva	RUS	14.81
BRONZE	Olha Saladuha	UKR	14.65
Pole vault (12 Aug)
GOLD	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.89
SILVER	Jenn Suhr	USA	4.82
BRONZE	Yarisley Silva	CUB	4.82
Shot put (12 Aug)
GOLD	Valerie Adams	NZL	20.88
SILVER	Christina Schwanitz	GER	20.41
BRONZE	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.95
Discus throw (11 Aug)
GOLD	Sandra Perkovic	CRO	67.99
SILVER	Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	66.28
BRONZE	Yarelys Barrios	CUB	64.96
Hammer throw (16 Aug)
GOLD	Tatyana Lysenko	RUS	78.80
SILVER	Anita Wlodarczyk	POL	78.46
BRONZE	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	75.58
Javelin (18 Aug)
GOLD	Christina Obergfoll	GER	69.05
SILVER	Kimberley Mickle	AUS	66.60
BRONZE	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	65.09
Heptathlon (12-13 Aug)
GOLD	Hanna Melnychenko	UKR	6586
SILVER	Brianne Thiesen-Eaton	CAN	6530
BRONZE	Dafne Schippers	NED	6477

FINAL MEDAL TABLE

Rank	Country	G	S	B	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	4	6	17
2	United States (USA)	6	14	5	25
3	Jamaica (JAM)	6	2	1	9
4	Kenya (KEN)	5	4	3	12
5	Germany (GER)	4	2	1	7
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	4	10
7	Great Britain & NI (GBR)	3	0	3	6
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	3
8	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	1	3
10	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
11	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	3
12	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
12	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
12	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
12	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
12	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
12	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	1	0	0	1
12	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
19	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
20	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	2
21	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	5
22	China (CHN)	0	1	3	4
23	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
24	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
24	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
26	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
26	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
26	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
26	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
26	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	1
31	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	2	2
31	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
33	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
33	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
33	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
33	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
33	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
33	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1