The best of it, and the worst of it

OK, let's get out a nice little ribbon now and wrap up this puppy known as the IAAF World Athletics Championships.

The Daegu, South Korea, track and field extravaganza took fans of the most rudimentary of games through a gamut of emotions over its nine days of action.

For the athletes, it drew tears of joy, pain and sorrow I suppose that's why we watch as they perform; to see human brilliance and frailty - often in the same event and at the same time.