Champions re-kindle London Olympics passion
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah delighted a raucous sell-out crowd by easily winning the men's 3,000m at the Anniversary Games in London.
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Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt also produced his season's best to win the 100m on his return to the Olympic Stadium for the Anniversary Games.
A year on from the London 2012 opening ceremony, Bolt paid his own homage to last year's Olympics by clinching the blue riband event in 9.85 seconds.
Before a sell-out crowd, the Jamaican ran nine hundredths of a second quicker than he had previously done this year.
Bolt got off to a lacklustre start, but the Olympic champion overpowered his rivals in the closing stages to dip across the line three hundredths of a second ahead of America's Michael Rodgers in second.
Farah failed to add the British record to his growing list of achievements, but did set a personal best of seven minutes 36.85 seconds.
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill made her return from injury in the 100m hurdles and long jump.
Both Ennis-Hill and Farah were back on the Olympic Stadium track where they had captivated a nation during their gold medal-winning performances on that never to be forgotten "Super Saturday" at London 2012.
As expected, there was ear-splitting support for the two Olympians, who have experienced differing fortunes since their successes 12 months ago, with Ennis-Hill's season hampered by a left Achilles injury.
Only last week, Farah, already the British record-holder in the 5,000m, 10,000m and half-marathon, broke Steve Cram's long-standing 1500m British record.
Hopes were high that Farah would break David Moorcroft's British 3,000m record of 7mins 32.79 secs, a mark set 31 years ago.
Even though there was a pacemaker in the race, a record-breaking run seemed improbable as the race entered the final two laps, although that did not stop spectators rising to their feet as Farah entered the home straight.
Source: BBC