Olympic sprint champion Julien Alfred has withdrawn from the women's 200 metres at the world championships because of a hamstring strain, her agent has told Television Jamaica.

Alfred pulls out of Tokyo 200m with hamstring strain

Alphonce Felix Simbu snatched gold in the first photo finish at a major championship marathon on Monday, edging out German Amanal Petros in a dramatic race to the line to give Tanzania its maiden world title.

Simbu snatches marathon gold from Petros in historic photo finish

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will retire as arguably the greatest woman sprinter of all time but the Jamaican would like her legacy to be "the totality of who I am: the mom, the athlete, the entrepreneur, the philanthropist".

Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica's sprint warrior queen

American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden capped a dominant season in some style on Sunday by winning the women's 100 metres world title in 10.61 seconds, the fastest time ever run at a world championships and the fourth quickest of all time.

American Jefferson-Wooden wins women's 100 metres world title

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years

National champion Gift Leotlela again produced the best performance by a South African athlete on Day 2 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, taking fifth place in the men's 100m final on Sunday.

SAFFERS IN TOKYO: Leotlela fifth in 100m final; Nene, Pillay into 400m semis

Melissa Jefferson Wooden produced a stunning performance to win the women's 100 metres world title on Sunday.

Jefferson-Wooden surges to women's 100 metres world title

France's Jimmy Gressier pulled off a huge upset by winning the men's 10 000m at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

France's Gressier shocks field to win world 10 000m gold

They've got history! USA and Jamaica set for more epic sprint battles.

No context moments from World Championships warm-ups

One last dance for 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at World Athletics Champs in Tokyo.

One last dance for 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce?

Coleman beats South African trio

The World Athletics Continental Tour Gold moves to Gaborone, Botswana

Botswana ready to welcome world best athletes

Prudence Sekgodiso clocks a world-leading 1:58.40 to take the women's 800m title

BLAZING!! Sekgodiso takes the women's 800m title

ASA GP 2 | Record holder Marione Fourie takes the win in 12.69

Record holder Marione Fourie takes the win in 12.69

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FIRST FOR TANZANIA: Simbu snatches marathon gold from Petros in historic photo finish

STUNNING RUN: Jefferson-Wooden surges to women's 100m world title

EARLY SEASON END: Alfred pulls out of Tokyo 200m with hamstring strain

TOKYO CHAMP: Seville claims first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years

SA WRAP: Leotlela shines again on day two at World Champs

Day 2 Afternoon Session
Japan National Stadium
Tokyo

Day 2 PM | World Athletics Championships

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden obliterates the field in the women's 100m final

100m Final Women | Highlights | World Athletics Championships

Oblique Seville is the World 100m champion!

100m Final Men
Japan National Stadium
Tokyo

100m Final Men | Highlights | World Athletics Championships

He advances to the Men's 400m semi-final with the third-fastest time

Zakithi Nene wins his heat in a time of 44.34

Highlight of the World Athletics Championships Day 2 Morning Session taking place at Japan National Stadium Tokyo

Day 2 | Highlights | World Athletics Championships