Daegu, Korea – After more than 30,000 gathered in Daegu’s Duryu Park to celebrate the city’s ‘Welcome Night’ festivities on Thursday (26), the IAAF World Championshipsbegin in earnest on Friday morning, when tens of thousands more are expected to line the streets of the city’s centre to catch a glimpse of some of the world’s finest marathoners. The Hardee and Eaton Show? Men’s Decathlon beginsThe battle for bragging rights to hold the title of the World’s Best Athlete’ also gets underway, with a fierce two-day battle expected between Americans Trey Hardee and Ashton Eaton. Hardee is the reigning champion and the winner in the season’s premiere Decathlon to date, in Gotzis, Austria, where he tallied 8689 points in late May. Eaton meanwhile is the talented rising star who at just 23 arrives as the world leader thanks to an 8729 point tally at the U.S. Championships. Boosted by his 10.26 100m speed at his best, expect Eaton to have a hefty lead after the first day read more http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=61292