The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.
Olympiastadion hosting the 1936 Summer Olympics
The Olympiastadion with its new blue race track
Image: Berliner Olympiastadion night crop
The 13th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.
A promotional poster for the event at Dongdaegu Station
Yohan Blake of Jamaica, winner of the men's 100 metres
Men's 400 m champion Kirani James of Grenada
Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi defended his steeplechase world title