Barcelona, Spain A select group of young athletes took part in an IAAF/Nestlé Kids Athletics competition at Barcelonas Arc de Triomf, where they were greeted and inspired by a host of athletics stars as part of the IAAF Centenary weekend.
48 children aged between 10 and 11 were divided into eight groups of six, and they took part in seven different events covering all the main areas of the sport running, jumping and throwing and hundreds of spectators turned out in the city centre to watch the action unfold.
Each of the eight teams were also assigned a legendary captain Fermin Cacho (ESP) the 1992 Olympic 1500m champion, Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH) the 2000 Olympic 200m champion, Meseret Defar (ETH) the two-time Olympic 5000m champion, Frank Fredericks (NAM) the 1993 World 200m champion, Dan OBrien (USA) the three-time World Decathlon champion, Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) the two-time Olympic Pole Vault champion, Paula Radcliffe (GBR) the 2005 World Marathon champion and Irena Szewinska (POL) the multiple Olympic sprint champion.
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