<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="0.91"><channel>
	<title>BBC Sport | Athletics | World Athletics 2003 | World Edition</title>
	<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/default.stm</link>
	<description>All the action as it happens</description>
	<language>en-gb</language>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Mar 05 16:18:27 GMT</lastBuildDate>
	<copyright>Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/services/copyright/html/default.stm</copyright>
	<docs>http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/</docs>
	
		
		<image>
			<title>BBC Sport</title>
			<url>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/sport_120x60.gif</url>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport</link>
		</image>
		
			<item>
        <title>White defiant in medal row</title>
        <description>Double world sprint champion Kelli White vows to fight to keep her medals despite testing positive for a stimulant.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3104294.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>UK chiefs refuse to panic</title>
        <description>UK Athletics performance director Max Jones will keep his job despite Britain's poor display in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3197053.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Double medal delight for GB</title>
        <description>Britain take their medal haul to four on the final day of the World Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196691.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Tullett was on verge of quitting</title>
        <description>Hayley Tullett says she was considering retirement before taking bronze at the World Athletics Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3197377.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Jackson criticises drugs laws</title>
        <description>Former hurdler Colin Jackson says inadequate drug-test procedures are making a mockery of athletics.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3195701.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Young faces drugs probe</title>
        <description>New world 400m champion Jerome Young is one of 13 US athletes whose failed drugs tests were covered up.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186429.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Drummond quits Worlds</title>
        <description>American sprinter Jon Drummond pulls out of the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3179423.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>The best and worst of times</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram says the 2003 Worlds were touched with brilliance but soured by controversy.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196655.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>White 'should lose medals'</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram says Kelli White has little defence after testing positive for a stimulant.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3195123.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Sanchez is untouchable</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram ponders whether Felix Sanchez is the world's best athlete.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3193445.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Brilliant White will get better</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram is impressed by the performances of Kelli White and Jana Pittman in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3190103.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>El Guerrouj can become legend</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram gives the lowdown on Hicham El Guerrouj at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186867.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>High octane drama</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram gives his verdict on the closest 100m world championship final for years.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180663.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Action lives up to hype</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram says the World Championships are proving a great spectacle.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183563.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Too fast, too furious</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram is amazed by the thrilling 10,000m final but less than impressed with sprinter Jon Drummond.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178425.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Worlds off to a flyer</title>
        <description>BBC Sport's Steve Cram says the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris have begun in style.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3177035.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Crowd carried Raquil to bronze</title>
        <description>Athletics legend Michael Johnson looks back on the world 400m final.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3184421.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Young shows Washington the way</title>
        <description>Athletics legend Michael Johnson looks back on Jerome Young's victory in the world 400m final.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183671.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Sprint domination over</title>
        <description>Athletics legend Michael Johnson looks back on Kim Collins' victory in the world 100m final.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180929.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Sporting immortal risks it all</title>
        <description>Ed Moses can never approach the stellar heights he hit in his prime, says BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3195669.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Running the story</title>
        <description>Our man in Paris takes on the best of the world's journalists in the media 800m race.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3192953.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Two of a kind</title>
        <description>Have any other training partnerships been as productive as that of Kelly Holmes and Maria Mutola.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186755.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>A Parisian decathlon</title>
        <description>Budding decathlete Tom Fordyce tests his athletics prowess on the street of Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183901.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Edwards' next big leap</title>
        <description>Colin Jackson tells BBC Sport how Jonathan Edwards will feel bowing out of top-class athletics.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180675.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Drummond takes centre stage</title>
        <description>Jon Drummond holds a sit-down protest after being disqualified in the 100m quarter-finals.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178375.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>100m</title>
        <description>Kim Collins is the new 100m world champion, while Britain's Darren Campbell takes bronze.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180539.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>110m hurdles</title>
        <description>American Allen Johnson cruises to his fourth world 110m hurdles title in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3194565.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>200m</title>
        <description>John Capel wins the men's 200m at the World Athletics Championships with Britain's Darren Campbell fourth.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3193173.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>400m</title>
        <description>America's Jerome Young wins the men's 400m title at the World Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183471.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>400m hurdles</title>
        <description>Felix Sanchez destroys the field to take gold in the 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3193303.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>800m</title>
        <description>Djabir Said-Guerni runs down Yuriy Borzakovskiy to win the men's 800m.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196259.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>1500m</title>
        <description>Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj claims his fourth consecutive 1500m world title.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186591.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>3,000m steeplechase</title>
        <description>Qatar's Saif Saaeed Shaheen wins the 3,000m steeplechase to earn a $1m bonus.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183527.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>5,000m</title>
        <description>Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge beats 1,500m champion Hicham El Guerrouj in the 5,000m.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196411.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>10,000m</title>
        <description>Kenenisa Bekele wins gold as Ethiopia scoop all three medals in the men's 10,000m at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178301.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>4x100m</title>
        <description>America's men win gold in the 4x100m relay ahead of Britain at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196283.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>4x400m</title>
        <description>America win the men's 4x400m from hosts France to close the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196541.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Long jump</title>
        <description>United States' Dwight Phillips jumps 8.32m to win the long jump at the World Athletics Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3193269.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Triple jump</title>
        <description>Jonathan Edwards retires from the World Championship triple jump final as Christian Olsson takes gold.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180531.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>High jump</title>
        <description>South Africa's Jacques Freitag takes high jump gold at in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180591.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Pole vault</title>
        <description>Italy's Giuseppe Gibilisco is a surprise winner of the men's pole vault title.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3189743.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Javelin</title>
        <description>Russia's Sergey Makarov soars to the men's javelin title at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196359.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Discus</title>
        <description>Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna wins the men's discus, ending Lars Riedel's hopes of a sixth world title.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183493.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Hammer</title>
        <description>Ivan Tikhon of Belarus throws 83.05m to win the hammer title in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180517.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Shot put</title>
        <description>Andrei Mikhnevich returns from a drugs ban to win shot put gold at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3176969.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Marathon</title>
        <description>Morocco's Jaoud Gharib wins a thrilling men's marathon at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3194441.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Decathlon</title>
        <description>American Tom Pappas edges out Czech world record holder Roman Sebrle to claim the decathlon title in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3185819.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>50km walk</title>
        <description>Robert Korzeniowski retains his 50km walk title and breaks his own world best time.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/3184603.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>100m</title>
        <description>American Kelli White beats a strong field to win the women's 100m in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178359.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>100m hurdles</title>
        <description>Canada's Perdita Felicien wins the 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186397.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>200m</title>
        <description>Kelli White follows her 100m gold with victory in the 200m at the world championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3189937.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>400m</title>
        <description>Ana Guevara puts in a classy performance to win the women's 400m title at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186701.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>400m hurdles</title>
        <description>Australia's Jana Pittman upsets favourite Yuliya Pechonkina to win the 400m hurdles.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3189977.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>800m</title>
        <description>Maria Mutola sees off the threat of Britain's Kelly Holmes to win the women's 800m at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183383.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>1500m</title>
        <description>Russia's Tatyana Tomashova wins the women's 1500m, with Britain's Hayley Tullett third.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196373.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>5,000m</title>
        <description>Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba wins the women's 5,000m final at the World Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3191701.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>10,000m</title>
        <description>Ethiopia's Berhane Adere wins the women's 10,000m at the World Championships in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3176949.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>4x100m</title>
        <description>France finish strongly to win the women's 4x100m relay at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3194979.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>4x400m</title>
        <description>America's women win the 4x400m relay ahead of Russia and Jamaica at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196485.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Long jump</title>
        <description>Eunice Barber triumphs in the women's long jump to win gold for the French hosts at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3194713.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Triple jump</title>
        <description>Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva defends her triple jump title at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183413.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>High jump</title>
        <description>Defending champion Hestrie Cloete takes gold in the women's high jump at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196469.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Pole vault</title>
        <description>Russia's Svetlana Feofanova sees off Germany's Annika Becker to win the women's pole vault.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180551.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Javelin</title>
        <description>Greece's Mirela Manjani takes javelin gold with the longest throw in the world this year.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3194577.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Discus</title>
        <description>Irina Yatchenko becomes the oldest world champion by winning the women's discus.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3180617.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Hammer</title>
        <description>Cuba's Yipsi Moreno successfully defends her hammer title in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3190015.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Shot put</title>
        <description>Russia's Svetland Krivelyova wins the shot put title at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3186617.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Marathon</title>
        <description>Kenyan favourite Catherine Ndereba wins the women's marathon gold at the World Championships.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3196149.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>Heptathlon</title>
        <description>Carolina Kluft becomes only the third woman to score over 7,000 points as she takes gold in the heptathlon.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178161.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		
			<item>
        <title>20k walk</title>
        <description>Ireland's Gillian O'Sullivan takes silver behind Russia's Yelena Nikolayeva in the women's 20km walk in Paris.</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3177377.stm</link>
	
	
</item>
       		

	
	
	
</channel>
</rss>

