Anniversary Games – in pictures

After the success of London 2012, the Anniversary Games were always going to be one of the hottest tickets in town and the event sold out within 75 minutes of tickets going on sale back in April Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Bolt opened the event being driven around the stadium on a giant rocket car Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The first event of day one is the female pole vault which was won by Yarisley Silva of Cuba after clearing 4.83 metres Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The mens 100m B race Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Robbie Grabarz in the high jump. His best jump of 2.24m put him in fourth place Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The women's triple jump was won by Yekaterina Koneva with a jump of 14.52m Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The packed house watches the Women's 1500m which was won by Mary Kuria Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Fireworks fill the sky as James Kirani wins the 400m in a time of 44.65 seconds Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The last event of the first day features Bolt who's running in the 100m A. It's no surprise to see him surge away from the field and win in a time of 9.85 seconds Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Bolt throws his spikes into the crowd on his lap of honour Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The first event on day 2 of the Anniversary games is men's long jump which saw Chris Tomlinson finishing in fifth with a jump of 7.99m Photograph: Tom Jenkins

The second day of the games sees the London 2012 golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill in action
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Ennis-Hill looks down the track just before the athletes get set for the 100m
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Spectators do the Mobot to greet the appearance of Mo Farah in the arena
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The man himself signs an autograph
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The start of the women's 100m final
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Runners in the Emsley Carr Mile round the final bend
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Allyson Felix flies out of the blocks on her way to winning the women's 200m
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Gilbert Kirui hits the water in the 3000m steeplechase
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Ennis-Hill soars through the air in the long jump ...
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... but she can only manage a best jump of 6.16m
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Mo Farah hits the front early in the 3000m
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He crosses the line in 7mins 36.85secs – a personal best
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Farah celebrates on his lap of honour
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Usain Bolt points at the photographers before the men's 4x100m relay
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Bolt was running the last leg of the relay
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He sped away from the rest of the field to win the race for the Racers Track Club with a total time of 37.75 seconds
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The crowd react to Bolt on his lap of honour
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The third and final day of the Anniversary games is all about the stars of the Paralympics. Here, Hannah Cockroft, a household name after her exploits last summer, celebrates winning the T33/34 100m
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Richard Whitehead - he of the big guns - celebrates victory in the men's T42 200m
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Terezina Guilhermina of Brazil breaks into a sprint with her guide Guilherme Santana on her way to winning the T11 200m
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Ola Abidogun of GB narrowly loses out to Gabriel Cole of Australia in the men's T46 100m Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Adrian Matasik of Slovakia throws in the F44 men's discus
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Dan Greaves of Great Britain wins the men's 42/44 discus
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Stef Reid leaps in the women's F42-44 long jump
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In the big race of the day, Alan Oliviera storms past the field in the closing 30m to win the 100m T43/44, beating Britain's Jonnie Peacock (right) Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Peacock, who came home in a disappointing third place, greets Oliviera after the race - the two don't normally compete against one another as Oliviera is a double amputee
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In the final event, David Weir of Great Britain destroys the field to win the men's T54 mile, albeit way outside his aspiration of clocking sub three minutes.
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