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| | Sporting Life - Athletics | World Athletics Championships, Helsinki, Paula Radcliffe, News, Results, Schedule, Guides, ... |
 | | The 10th staging of the World Athletics Championships will be marked by a return to its first host city, Helsinki. |
 | | Although the idea of a separate global athletics event had been mooted since the first set of rules drafted by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in 1913, it had been decided the Olympics served as the world championships. |
 | | Maurice Greene won his first world title in Athens in 1997 before becoming the first man to complete the sprint double in Seville in 1999 and it was also the scene of Michael Johnson's new 400m world record of 43.18secs. |
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