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WORLD ATHLETICS 2005 NEWS

GOLDEN GIRL PAULA!
		Paula Radcliffe led from gun to tape to give Great Britain their only gold medal of the World Championships in Helsinki with a dominant display of front-running in the women's marathon. Click here for full story.

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR CLITHEROE
Helen Clitheroe finished 10th in the women's 1,500m as Russia's Tatyana Tomashova won gold. (More)

BRONZE FOR BRITISH WOMEN
Great Britain's 4x400m women's relay team picked up a bronze medal on Sunday in Helsinki. (More)

BRITISH QUARTET MISS OUT
Great Britain missed out on a medal in the men's 4x400m relay as favourites USA took gold. (More)

KENYA BREAK GOLDEN DUCK
Benjamin Limo won Kenya's first gold medal of the championships in the men's 5,000m. (More)

WORLD RECORD FOR MENENDEZ
Osleidys Menendez smashed her own world javelin record as she claimed gold in Helsinki. (More)

SHOCK WIN FOR KRYMARENKO
Ukraine's Yuriy Krymarenko sprang a surprise by winning the world high jump title in Helsinki. (More)

RAMZI AT THE DOUBLE
Rashid Ramzi completed the middle-distance double at the World Championships on Sunday. (More)

MARATHON GLORY FOR RADCLIFFE
Paula Radcliffe gave Great Britain their first gold medal in Helsinki with victory in the marathon. (More)

BRITS LAND RELAY BRONZE
Britain won the first medal in Helsinki when the men's 4x100m relay team took bronze. (More)

FLOP ATHLETES FACE FUNDING CUT
Performance director Dave Collins may cut funding after Britain's failure in Helsinki. (More)

DOUBLE FOR DIBABA
Tirunesh Dibaba became the first athlete to achieve the World 5000 and 10000 metres double in Helsinki. (More)

ROBINSON EXCELS IN MARATHON
Britain's Dan Robinson was the second European home in the World Championships marathon. (More)

GHARIB RETAINS MARATHON TITLE
Jaouad Gharib comfortably retained his marathon title in Helsinki. (More)

CZECH DUO IN THE CLEAR
The IAAF have announced Roman Sebrle and Tomas Dvorak both produced negative samples. (More)

BENJAMIN MISSES OUT
Tim Benjamin missed out on a medal in the men's 400m as he finished fifth behind Jeremy Wariner. (More)

DOUCOURE TAKES HURDLES CROWN
France's Ladji Doucour� is the new men's 110m hurdles world champion. (More)

GOLD AT LAST FOR KUZENKOVA
Three-time runner up Olga Kuzenkova finally won World Championship hammer gold on Friday. (More)

RELAY SHOCKS AS DUO CRASH OUT
The Bahamas and Russia both crashed out in the heats of the women's 4x100m relay. (More)

WORLD RECORD FOR ISINBAYEVA
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva set another world pole vault record as she took gold in Helsinki. (More)

US FUMBLE BOOSTS GB HOPES
Britain's sprint relay title hopes were boosted by the shock elimination of favourites USA on Friday. (More)

McILROY MISSES OUT
James McIlroy ran a season's best in the 800m but failed to qualify for Sunday's final. (More)

FELIX STRIKES GOLD
American teenager Allyson Felix won a thrilling 200m final to clinch World Championship gold. (More)

SAYERS MAKES JAVELIN FINAL
There was good news for Briton Goldie Sayers on Friday but bad for Chris Tomlinson and Ben Challenger. (More)

GATLIN AT THE DOUBLE
Justin Gatlin completed a sprint double at the World Championships in Helsinki on Thursday. (More)

USA MAKE HAY
Michelle Perry and Walter Davis were both triumphant for the USA squad in Helsinki on Thursday night. (More)

Medal Table

	G	S	B
1 USA	14	8	3
2 Russia	7	8	5
3 Ethiopia	3	4	2
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16 GB	1	0	2

Gold For Paula

Radcliffe Finally Wins A World Title In The Women's Marathon

Beautiful Bronze

The GB 4x400m Women's Relay Team Grab A Medal

Sprinters' Medal Run

The British Sprint Relay Team Win Bronze In Helsinki

Daily Results

Day Nine - August 14
Day Eight - August 13
Day Seven - August 12
Day Six - August 11
Day Five - August 10
Day Four - August 9
Day Three - August 8
Day Two - August 7
Day One - August 6

Team GB

The Great Britain And Northern Ireland Team In Full

Golden Greats

10 Of The World Championships' Greatest Athletes

Brit Of Alright

Five Memorable British Moments In Years Gone By

History Book

A Look Back At The History Of The Championships

Roll Of Honour

Britain's World Championship Medallists 1983-2003

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