Norway, without a gold medal in more than 50 years of European Athletics Indoor Championship history, tonight won two in the space of half-an-hour as 18-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen and then Karsten Warholm obliged in the 3,000 and 400 metres respectively.

Germany’s Olympic javelin champion Thomas Röhler came good again when it most mattered here to win the European Championships title with a fourth-round best effort of 89.47 metres to win a hugely anticipated domestic battle.

Ronnie Baker of the United States was a model of consistency on the first day of the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting in London as he won the men’s 100 metres in 9.90sec - exactly the same as he recorded in winning his heat.

Karsten Warholm and Abderrahman Samba, the 22-year-olds currently duking it out for 400 metres hurdles bragging rights in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League series, will come out for round four tomorrow at the Stade Charlety here.

The focus on field events will be intense in tomorrow’s International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium - especially given the presence of Sweden’s brightest star of the moment, 18-year-old pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis.

Not even the cacophonous Bislett Stadium home crowd could prevent Norway's world 400 metre hurdles champion Karsten Warholm losing a second successive race to the Qatari who leads this year's world rankings, Aderrahman Samba.

Karsten Warholm was the toast of Oslo this time last year as he earned a breakthrough 400 metres hurdles win over Olympic champion Kerron Clement of the United States, lowering his Norwegian record to 48.25 seconds.

Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam have been named as the World Athletes of the Year at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) annual awards night here.

America's Phyllis Francis capitalised on a remarkable falter from Shaunae Miller-Uibo to snatch 400 metres gold at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships here today.

Andre De Grasse produced the fastest 100 metres of the season - and his quickest ever - as he took advantage of a huge following wind to win at the sixth International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting of the season here in 9.69sec.

After the home heroics of Norway's athletes on Thursday (June 15), Sweden's track and field performers will step up here tomorrow in an effort to provide a similar flourish at the sixth International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season.

Bislett Games meeting organiser Steinar Hoen was left dazed with joy here tonight as all his wishes came true .