Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a three time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984.National City, CA. Sweetwater’s football and track stadium is named Gail Devers Stadium.

LINFORD Christie’s niece is on track for Olympic fame AND the Miss World crown. Gorgeous Rachel Christie, 20 who trains with gold medallist Linford, 49 is tipped to represent Britain in 2012 as a 400m sprinter and heptathlete.

NDUKA Ugbade is becoming a fading memory. How many remember that he was the only person to lift the FIFA U-16 trophy as high as nervousness could permit, that cold night, 24 years ago in China? After that edition, FIFA changed the competition to U-17, Nigeria was also the only winner of the FIFA U-16 competition.

As the athletics world prepares to descend upon Berlin for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (15-23 Aug) it’s appropriate to take a quick overview of the German capital’s rich athletics history in which some of the sports greatest legends were made, and numerous significant barriers broken.

Reigning world 100 and 200 meter champion Tyson Gay leads a star studded American squad into the world championships with hope of redemption after struggling at the Beijing Olympics.