The Slowest 100m Ever

From athletes diving over finish lines to athletes winning races and promptly having their gender being called into question. From athletes smoking devil’s lettuce on the eve of a premier athletics meet to athletes to officials ‘eating’ athletes’ morning.

So it is a whole profusion of issues –some quite unflattering - that stick around like some unwanted guest at the dinner table. Athletics has taken its fair share of pelters over the years and has had the white-hot glare of the spotlight on it due to its news making ability. Athletics sometimes leaves you with the feeling that it must be culling season for normalcy. Yes, athletics does have a monopoly on weirdness.