Kenenisa Bekele's record hopes were dashed when he miscounted his laps in the men's 3,000m and staged his sprint finish a lap too soon at the Boston Indoor Games.

BRITAIN’S Kelly Holmes ended years of frustration at major championships last night when she won the women’s 800 metres Olympic title.

Kelly Holmes was backtracking quicker than she performed on the track in Munich today as she unsuccessfully attempted to extricate herself from a drugs row.