Tyson Gay Country: USA Events: 100m, 200m Title: Double World Champion, Osaka, 2007 Bests: 9.69sec, 2nd all time in Shanghai 2009; 19.58sec, 5th all time in NYC 2009 Asafa Powell Country: Jamaica Event: 100m Title: Former World Record Holder Bests: 9.72sec 4th all time, in Lausanne 2008 Yohan Blake Country: Jamaica Events: 100m, 200m Titles: Daegu World Champion, 2011 (100m) Bests: 9.69sec tied second best in Lausanne 2012; 19.26sec, second best all time in Brussels &rsquo;11 Kim Collins Country: St Kitts &amp; Nevis Event: 100m Titles: Paris World Champion, 2003 Bests: 9.97sec in Lausanne 2013; 20.20sec in Edmonton 2011 Veronica Campbell&ndash;Brown Country: Jamaica Events: 100m, 200m Titles: Olympic Champion Athens and Beijing (200m) World Champion Osaka (100m) and Bejing (200m) Bests: 10.76sec 8th all time in Ostrava 2011; 21.74sec 9th all time in Beijing 2008 Sanya Richards-Ross Country: USA Events: 200m, 400m Titles: Olympic Champion in London (400m); World Champion in Berlin (400m) Bests: 48.70sec 7th all time in Athens 2006; Continental Cup 22.09sec in NYC 2012 David Rudisha Country: Kenya Event: 800m Titles: Olympic Champion in London &rsquo;12, World Champion &rsquo;11 Bests: 1:40.91 in London (World Record) Caster Semenya Country: South Africa Event: 800m Title: World Champion, Berlin Best: 1:55.45 13th all time best in Berlin 2009 Liu Xiang Country: China Event: 110m Hurdles Titles: Olympic Champion in Athens; World Champion in Osaka Best: 12.88sec in Lausanne 2006 (World Record) Dayron Robles Country: Cuba Event: 110m Hurdles Title: Olympic Champion in Beijing Best: 12.87sec in Ostrava 2008 (World Record) Angelo Taylor Country: USA Event: 400m Hurdles Titles: Olympic Champion in Sydney and Beijing Best: 47.25sec (8th all time best) in Beijing, 2008 Yargelis Savigne Country: Cuba Events: Triple Jump, Long Jump Titles: World Champion in Osaka and Berlin Best: 15.28m in Osaka 2007 (Triple Jump); Long Jump: 6.91m Christian Olsson Country: Sweden Event: Triple Jump Title: Athens Olympic Champion; World Champion in Paris 2003 Best: 17.97m in Athens 2004 Nelson Evora Country: Portugal Event: Triple Jump Titles: Olympic Champion Beijing; World Champ Osaka &rsquo;07 Best: 17.74m in Osaka 2007 Walter Davis Country: USA Events: Triple Jump, Long Jump Title: World Champion Helsinki 2005 Best: 17.71m in Indianapolis &rsquo;06 Adam Nelson Country: USA Event: Shot Put Titles: Olympic Champion in Athens; World Champion in Helsinki 2005 Best: 22.51m Portland, 2002 Jessica Ennis-Hill Country: Britain Event: Heptathlon Titles: Olympic Champ in 2012; World Champ in Berlin 2009

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