Athletics Frenzy!

               Day Four of the Athletics Championships at Moscow, turned to be a thrilling day, with many major events taking place as we go halfway through the Championships. 

               Alexandr Ivanov from the host country, brought the first gold medal to the hosts, as he conquered the men's 20 km. walk. Ivanov, 20, beat China's Chen Ding (silver) and Spaniard Miguel Lopez (bronze) as the Luzhniki stadium burst with delight. 

               Two-time world champion, and the greatest ever pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva thrilled the crowd yet again. She won the world title for the third time after 2005 and 2007, and maybe the last one in her illustrious career. Isinbayeva, who won gold twice in the Olympics, cleared 4.89 m. to beat America's Jenn Surh (silver) and Cuba's Yarisley Silva (bronze). 
               Men's pole vault turned out to be an enormous upset. Germany's Raphael Holzdeppe edged out France's favourite Renaud Lavillenie with a faultless 5.89 m. vault. As a result, Lavillenie won silver, and Germany's Bjoern Otto won bronze.
               Jamaica's domination in sprint prevailed, as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce gained the world title again after winning it in 2009. She won gold in the 100 m. by clocking 10.71s. and beating Ivory Coast's silver medalist Murielle Ahoure, and USA's bronze-winner Carmelita Jeter by a considerable margin. 

               Valerie Adams from New Zealand, struck gold in the women's shot put for the fourth time, after winning the title at Osaka in 2007, Berlin in 2009, as well as Daegu in 2011. She had also won gold at the Beijing Olympics; and a lucky gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012. She was promoted to the gold medal, after original winner Belarus's Nadezhda Ostapchuk was stripped off the medal due to doping infringement.