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The World Athletics Championships
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The Sporting Almanac Podcast by Jack Senior and Ben Davies

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Episode 23: The World Athletics Championships - Every Second, SUGOI

"It feels good to be one of the greatest sprinters. You can’t explain what it feels like to get up in the morning knowing you’re one of the best ever."

Usain St. Leo Bolt, 11-time World Championship Gold Medallist and Men's 100m World Record Holder

It’s easy to be cynical about athletics, as you watch human beings push the boundaries of what should be possible. The World Athletics Championships have always been a stage for both the sublime and the suspect - moments of breathtaking performance, shadowed by questions of fairness, corruption, and doping. And when the organisers themselves - once the IAAF, now World Athletics - can’t always be trusted with the integrity of the sport, does the competition we lay our eyes upon truly deserve o ... 

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