Sport of athletics

Greece’s Olympics gymnastics star Ioannis Melissanidis struck a pose for tourists, wearing nothing but skimpy budgie trunks. He hoped that his “assets”, along with the sea, sun, and all else Greece is famed and acclaimed for, would be enough to draw more tourists. The photo, taken by fellow sports star Pigi Devetzi was posted on Facebook:

Bulgaria's Ivet lalova-Collio finished 7th in the women's 200m finals at the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships on Friday.

Lalova-Collio covered the distance in 22.41 seconds, ahead of Jamaica's Sherone Simpson (22.50) and behind Jeneba Tarmoh of the USA (22.31). The Bulgarian athlete;s time was 0.09 seconds slower than her result in Thursday's semi-finals.

Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers smashed a European record which has stood since the 1970s as she won world 200m gold with an electrifying run on Aug. 28.
 
The 100m silver-medallist ran 21.63sec, the fourth fastest time in history, as she lunged at the line to beat Jamaica's Elaine Thompson, who clocked a personal best of 21.66sec.
 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily outstripped American rival Justin Gatlin to claim his fourth consecutive world 200m title on Aug. 27 and complete a rousing sprint double in Beijing.

Ivet Lalova-Collio of Bulgaria on Thursday made it to the women's 200m sprint finals at the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Lalova-Collio clocked in 22.32 seconds, 0.19 ahead of her best sprint recorded in Madrid in July 2004.

She finished third in her semi-final, behind Jamaica's Elaine Thompson (22.13) and Candyce Mcgrone of USA (22:26).

Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova-Collio qualified on Wednesday for the women's 200m sprint semifinals at the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Bulgaria's former European champion finished third in the seventh heat, clocking 22.54 seconds, just 0.03 behind her 2004 run in Madrid. Britain's Dina Asher-Smith ran a personal best of 22.22 followed by Jamaica's Sherone Simpson, 22.52.

Jamaican Usain Bolt won the 100 metres title at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 23, crossing the line in 9.79 seconds to reassert his status as the fastest man on  the planet. 

Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova-Collio made it to the women's 100m semi-finals during the Beijing 2015 World Athletics Championships on Sunday after clocking a personal season best in the heats.

Bulgaria's former European champion finished second in 11.09 in heat three, 0.11 seconds behind  Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago.

Olympic champion Asli Çak?r Alptekin has agreed to give up her 1,500-meter title and serve an 8-year ban for blood doping, dealing another blow to track and field.

Turkish 10,000-meter runner Elvan Abeylegesse has said she has withdrawn from competitions until doping claims, which might strip her of her Olympics and world championships silver medals, have concluded after testing positive for steroids in a reanalysis of her doping samples.