Now picture the stadium last year at the world championships of the 100 meters: thousands of fans waiting with baited breath to see Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history; flashbulbs popping as the nine fastest men in the world coil themselves into their blocks.
Imagine o estádio no ano passado, no campeonato  mundial dos 100 metros: milhares de torcedores aguardando ansiosos para ver Usain Bolt,  o homem mais rápido da história; flashes piscam enquanto os nove homens mais rápidos no mundo se curvam nos blocos de largada.