Usain Bolt has vowed to do his fans proud in the 200 metres after his disqualification from the final of the 100m at the World Championships in Daegu.

WITH the Olympic Games just around the corner, the world championships, which get under way in Osaka today, has been described as a ‘dress rehearsal’ for Beijing by Patsy McGonagle, Athletics Ireland’s first full-time senior team manager.

ATHLETICS chiefs have admitted that the scale of doping seen in the Balco scandal has “tainted” the sport.