The end of the World Championships on Sunday marked the passing of the third straight major athletics event where there were no world records (outside of race walking) set.
Just as in the Summer Games in Sydney in 2000 and the last worlds in Edmonton in 2001, there were many stellar performances in Saint-Denis, but none of the world-record variety.
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