Athletics is not only the fight for victory but also the fight against oneself. In the days of Greek antiquity, the Olympics attracted the crowd to fill the arena. In this multi-media era, athletics is above all a T.V event, attracting billions of people to watch the Olympic 100m final.
Television produces fascinating and artistic pictures of athletics.
Athletics is easy to understand and to judge. It offers objective means of measurement. Everybody can do or watch athletics. Athletics does not foster only one motor skill but all of them. Middle and long distance running require endurance, while sprint demands velocity.