Mo Farah worked on his finishing speed for Rio as he secured fifth spot in the 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday night. The double Olympic champion clocked 3 minutes 31.74 seconds at the Stade Louis II in his penultimate race before heading to Brazil for the Olympics.The time was short of the British record of 3mins 28.81secs Farah ran at the same meeting three years ago, but still quicker than any other Briton in history outside of Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Event organisers opted to continue with the competition in the wake of the lorry attack in Nice - about 15 miles from Monaco - where 84 people were killed on Thursday.The 33-year-old Farah, who puts plenty of stock in the Monaco 1500m as a good indication of how his major championship preparations are going, also beat world champion Asbel Kiprop, who was sixth in 3:32.03, with another Kenyan, Ronald Kwemoi, taking victory in 3:30.49.The field was taken through 800m in a blistering 1:49.95 before the pace slowed in the second half of the race.Farahs final race before Rio will be over 5,000m at the Muller Anniversary Games in London a week on Saturday and he took plenty of positives from his run-out on the Cote dAzur.I still get away with a positive feeling, he said. Im a 5,000/10,000m guy and I just ran 3:31, so thats good. Bradshaw joy Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw delighted to make Team GB It was a sombre atmosphere in Monaco following the terror attack where a man drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along the Promenade des Anglais.It was an impressive evening from Britains athletes on an emotional evening.Eilidh Doyle took 0.13 off her PB in the 400m hurdles to claim victory in 54.09, while Lynsey Sharp ran her second fastest time (1:57.75) to be fifth in the 800m as South Africas Caster Semenya cemented her status as a huge gold medal favourite in Rio.Semenya ran a PB, and the fastest time in the world since 2008, to win in 1:55.33.Elsewhere, Sky Academy Sports Academy scholar Holly Bradshaw was fifth in the pole vault and Robbie Grabarz jumped a seasons best 2.31m to finish joint fourth in the high jump.Steph Twell, fresh from her 5,000m bronze at the European Championships, wiped almost 10 seconds off her 3,000m PB to finish fifth in 8:40.98. In the 100m Hollands Dafne Schippers stormed to victory in 10.94, with Desiree Henry clocking 11.21 for sixth. Also See: Meadows retires from athletics Pavey and Ohuruogu make Rio team Bradshaw joy at Olympics nod Custom USA Soccer Jerseys . The top-ranked Djokovic also beat Gael Monfils and then routed Roger Federer en route to his first Abu Dhabi title. "Its always great to win a title. This is the best way to start the 2012 season," Djokovic said. USA Soccer Jerseys China . He liked what he saw on Tuesday night. Not only did his team post a comeback 3-2 victory in a shootout over the Montreal Canadiens, but the rival Washington Capitals were beaten 5-1 in Buffalo. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/. Just as the meeting was beginning, Major League Baseball unveiled Rule 7.13, an experimental rule for the 2014 season aimed at eliminating what the league calls “egregious” runner/catcher collisions at home plate. Fake USA Soccer Jerseys . -- J.R. Sweezy was the one part of the Seattle Seahawks offensive line that had avoided injuries or having to change positions this season. USA Soccer Jerseys 2020 . Luke Wileman and I stood in the corridor outside of the Vancouver Whitecaps dressing room at BC Place in Vancouver. COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Hockey Canada has named Scott Laughton as captain of the world junior hockey team. Laughton, a centre with the Ontario Hockey Leagues Oshawa Generals, is representing Canada internationally for the third time. Hes suited up twice for the under-18 team, winning gold at the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament and bronze at the 2012 U18 world championship. "Im an older and with my pro experience and things like that I knew I was going to be a leader on this team, whether I did get a letter or not," said Laughton. "Just a big day for me and a really big honour." The six-foot-one, 190-pouund centre is currently eighth in OHL scoring with 24 goals and 26 assists in 29 games.dddddddddddd He was drafted 20th overall by Philadelphia in 2012. Forward Jonathan Drouin of the QMJHLs Halifax Mooseheads and defenceman Mathew Dumba of the NHLs Minnesota Wild will serve as alternate captains. Drouin was on last years world junior team that failed to win a medal. He also won gold with the under-18 team at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka tournament. The Tampa Bay Lightning prospect and third-overall pick in the 2013 draft has 17 goals and 33 assists in 23 games with the Mooseheads this season, good for sixth in the QMJHL. ' ' '