Foreigners in the spotlight

Five visiting athletes to watch at the Aug 22-30 IAAF world championships:

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (JPN)

Sani Brown, born in Fukuoka, Japan, to a Japanese mother and Ghanaian father, promises to take the sprinting world by storm. The Tokyo resident, just 16, was one of the star performers at last month's world youth championships in Cali, Colombia, winning an impressive sprint double. He clocked championship records of 10.28sec in the 100m and 20.34sec in the 200m, the latter breaking the record set by Usain Bolt. That time also confirmed him as a member of the Japanese team in Beijing, where he is the youngest athlete ever to compete in the 200m in the history of the world meet. He will also run in the 4x100m relay.