Russian third seed Maria Sharapova withdrew from the US Open on Sunday with a right leg injury, easing the path to a calendar-year grand slam for top-ranked Serena Williams.
"But if you are the big tree, I am the small ax.
Usain Bolt has done for athletics what Muhammad Ali did for boxing, but the sport will survive when the sprint king eventually retires, according to new IAAF president Sebastian Coe.
Usain Bolt has warned that people write him off at their peril after the imperious Jamaican sealed another world treble gold despite an injury-hit season.
Mo Farah became the first man to win back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to 5,000 meters victory at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Saturday.
New International Association of Athletics Federation president Sebastian Coe gave a big thumbs up to the world championships which concluded on Sunday.
Top finishers on Sunday, final day of the world championships in Beijing:
Ethiopian Mare Dibaba lived up to her billing as the world's fastest marathon runner by winning the grueling event at the world championships in a sprint finish on Sunday.
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