Behind the scenes: tweets, pictures and more
Channel 4 has exclusive access to the World Athletics Championship. Follow all the tweets as they happen from those reporting and presenting in the Daegu stadium.
World Athletics Championships live blog
Channel 4 News will be joining the presenters and former athletics stars covering the 13th World Athletics Championships and tweeting all the news and behind the scenes info.
Follow Sports reporter Keme Nzerem’s tweets here, along with those of Rick Edwards, Ortis Deley, Iwan Thomas, Katharine Merry and Sonja Mclaughlan.
We’ll be posting pictures and videos from the team as well you’re your comments on all the events.
The races, which are seen as the warm up event to the London 2012 Olympics, will see world stars all competing at the highest of levels.
The first race begins Saturday 27th at 1am on Channel 4 or you can watch it on a live stream.
Follow it all with Channel 4 News.
What makes these championships so special?
Sports reporter Keme Nzerem explains why the 13th World Athletic Championships mean so much to Great Britain:
“It is to all intents and purposes a dress rehearsal for London 2012.
“The Athletics World Championships are where the biggest stars of track and field make their names, before staking their reputations at the “biggest show on earth”.
“Athletics reliably deliver the flagship events of the Olympics. There’s now less than a year to go until the next one. And the 100 meters final is a case in point.
“Who can forget the spectacle of Jamaican Usain Bolt cantering to victory in Beijing – and then shattering his own world record again at the World Championships a year later… with his shoelace undone.”
Above: a panoramic view from the training track in the athletes village.
The TV schedule:
Morning session
Evening session Highlights
Saturday 27th 1am – 5.30am
10.30am – 3.10pm 7.10pm
Sunday 28th 1am – 5.05am
9am – 1.10pm 7.05pm
Monday 29th 2am – 5am
10am – 2.10pm 7pm
Tuesday 30th 2am – 5.45am
10am – 2.10pm 7pm
Wednesday 31st 1am – 3am
Thursday 1st 2am – 5am
10am – 1.45pm 7.30pm
Friday 2nd 2am – 4.45am
10am – 1.45pm 7.30pm
Saturday 3rd 12pm – 4am
10.30am – 1.45pm 8.15pm
Sunday 4th 1am – 3.30am
9.30am – 1.30pm 7pm
