Beijing hosts 2015 IAAF World Championships

Aug 25, 2015

Beijing hosts 2015 IAAF World Championships

Matt Bracken 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun, World Beijing, China, track and field

Photos from the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015.

: Rolando Palacios of Honduras, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Julian Reus of Germany compete in the Men’s 200 meters heats during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images for IAAF)

: France’s Kafetien Gomis competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Bermuda’s Tyrone Smith competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Russia’s Sergey Polyanskiy competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: China’s Li Jinzhe competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP/Getty Images)

: Britain’s Greg Rutherford competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba celebrates winning the final of the women’s 1500 meters athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

: USA’s Kerron Clement, Bahamas’ Jeffery Gibson, Russia’s Denis Kudryavtsev and USA’s Michael Tinsley compete in the final of the men’s 400 meters hurdles athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

: China’s Wang Jianan competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

: Germany’s Julia Fischer competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP/Getty Images)

: USA’s Whitney Ashley competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

: Cuba’s Yaime Perez competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

: China’s Su Xinyue competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

: France’s Kafetien Gomis competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: China’s Gao Xinlong (L) and China’s Li Jinzhe inspect the mark in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Russia’s Aleksandr Menkov competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Britain’s Greg Rutherford competes in the final of the men’s long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Cuba’s Denia Caballero competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

: Cuba’s Yaime Perez competes in the final of the women’s discus throw athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

: Greg Rutherford of Great Britain competes in the Men’s Long Jump final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

: Jennifer Simpson of the United States (C) and Shannon Rowbury of the United States (R) compete in the Women’s 1500 meter final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images for IAAF)

: Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia celebrates after winning gold in the Women’s 1500 meters final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

: Fabrice Lapierre of Australia competes in the Men’s Long Jump final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

: Nicholas Bett of Kenya crosses the finish line to win gold in the Men’s 400 meter hurdles final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

: Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia (L) on her way to winning gold in the Women’s 1500 metres final during day four of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 25, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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