Edmonton welcomes the worlds: CBC host Mark Lee previews a rare opportunity for Canadians to witness
Canadian athletes going up against legends like Maurice Greene, Marion
Jones and Hicham El Guerrouj.
Canadians
seek home turf edge: Canadian decathlete Michael
Smith, a silver medallist at the 1991 world championships in
Tokyo and a bronze medallist in Gothenburg in 1995, discusses how
adrenaline, technique and the thrill of competing in front of a
home crowd could produce world-beating results for a few Canadian
athletes.
A chapter in Canadian sprinting closes:
For two of the biggest sprinters in Canadian
history, this year's worlds marks their last
major competition
Edmonton
ready for the Worlds
:
After five years of planning, the event finally gets underway
-- organizers say they are ready to showcase Edmonton to the
world