It's no leap of faith to rate high jumper Mark Boswell as Canada's best hope for a gold medal at the 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, coming to Edmonton Aug. 3-12. Gear up for the World's . Look for The World's colours on the street, now that retailers are selling a wide range of official merchandise in support of the upcoming 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Local organizers are producing a wide range of World's wear from hats and T-shirts to fleece vests and active wear. There's even a line of official World's baby sleepers.
Most successful athletes have to deal with fear.
Fear of competition. Fear of failure. Fear of a million things. World-class track and field athletes will compete for gold at the 8th IAAF World Championships here in August. To put their achievements in perspective, we've collected a few world records and matched them with easily-recognized equivalents so you can see just how far, how high and how fast you'd have to go to be a contender at the highest level of international competition.