Despite the many positive drug tests which robbed the just concluded World Championships of some of its biggest stars and injury to others which prevented the eagerly awaited showdowns, the 14th IAAF event was satisfying and successful.
It might not have had the glitz and the glamour of past such events owing to the absence of Tyson Gay, Veronica Campbell Brown, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and others for a variety of reasons but powerful performances from Jamaica’s Usain bolt and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce who each captured three gold medals at the championships; Mo Farah’s 10,000m victory and
Yelena Isinbayeva pole vault histrionics not to mention LaShawn Merritt’s upset win in