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![Omara Durand](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Omara%20Durand.jpg?h=58ec2f8b&itok=-g9_LzP2)
Perfect 10 for Durand at Worlds
“I’m really happy because this is my 10th gold medal in the World Championships and I’m enjoying it as always, but now I have to run again"
![Yuping Zhao](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/China%27s%20Yuping%20Zhao.jpg?h=06268292&itok=pEaqONCj)
Dubai 2019: China’s medals tally swells as Zhao claims gold
‘This world record is because of the hard work that I put in’
![A female runner with a prosthetic arm celebrating](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/GettyImages-1186759706.jpg?itok=HNxdQDr-)
First gold for South Africa
Family support is secret behind World Championships titles on Sunday
![A female wheelchair racer crossing the line ahead of two other competitors](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/49041752918_2413e20b25_o.jpg?h=d2a06ad2&itok=nbec79SB)
Cockroft smashes record to take 11th world title
Sunday morning sees China extend the lead in the medal standings after two more victories
![A man throwing a javelin](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/GettyImages-1186530731.jpg?itok=7O9o9ac7)
Spectacular Saturday sees seven world records set
China top medals table and hosts UAE take first medal at the competition
![Lisa Adams](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Lisa.jpg?itok=6fdZ4r3X)
Lisa Adams joins family legacy with gold
Coached by sister and two-time Olympic champion Valerie, New Zealander betters her own World Record
![South Africa's Ntando Mahlangu](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/South%20Africa%27s%20Ntando%20Mahlangu%201.jpg?itok=0NCyB6TM)
Calm Mahlangu keen to take Dubai by storm
Teenage star inspired by Springboks’ Rugby World Cup win in Japan
Dubai 2019: India's Chaudhary claims gold with record throw
"It’s great news for India, World Record and two medals tonight”
![Refugee Para athlete Nasajpour](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Nasajpour%20training.jpg?itok=FsPR7NYF)
25.9 million hopes rest on Nasajpour at the Worlds
‘It is a challenge for me because you are representing a team that is not NPC’
![Brazilian Rayane Soares](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Soares_Dubai%20World%20Atheletics%20Championship%202019_1.jpg?itok=rLLTrCWz)
Brazilian Rayane soars high in Dubai on debut
‘I didn’t know that I was leading in the race, it starts to pain, my body, in the last metres of the race’
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Vote for the Athlete of the Month!
World champions, World Marathon Major winner and Wheelchair tennis legend make the shortlist
![Abdellatif Baka_World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/baka.jpg?itok=5GMKnzOI)
Paralympic stars all set for World Championships
Algeria’s Baka and Ukraine’s Adzhametova will be defending their titles on day one
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World Championships set new broadcast coverage record
A total of 24 broadcasters from all continents will receive coverage of Dubai 2019
![Dubai 2019 top athletes press conference](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Dubai%202019-top%20atheletes.jpg?h=92356ab3&itok=QkLcRZci)
Worlds to promote UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sara Alsenani confident of impressing in front of home fans
![Richard Whitehead seeming tired while running towards the finish line](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Richard-Whitehead.jpg?h=520a906d&itok=OxiPtTgF)
Whitehead promises ‘real appetite for Paralympic sport’
Paralympic star looks for three-peat in Tokyo
![Daniel Romanchuk holds the US flag after winning the 2019 New York Marathon](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Daniel-Romanchuk-2.jpg?h=caf2c43f&itok=UY595CKs)
Romanchuk clinches New York Marathon title
Manuela Schär pips favourite Tatyana McFadden for women's title
Rosbil Guillen’s medal hunt driven on by redemption in Lima
Victory at home Parapan Am Games makes athlete a household name in Peru and takes him to the World Championships
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McFadden aiming for top after remarkable journey
Recovered from injury, USA wheelchair racer is ready to chase her World Championship dreams again
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Ones to Watch: Top male athletes
10 male athletes from 10 different nations expected to headline the World Championships
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IPC unlikely to move Tokyo 2020 marathon
Weather cooler in September as athlete welfare remains top priority