PARIS: Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene’s aura of invincibility may have taken a battering over the past year but the Kansas Comet will be desperate to put a stop to rumours of his demise and win a fourth world title in the event when the World Athletics Championships begin here tomorrow.
However, it is not only the 29-year-old American who will be bidding to repel the pretenders to his crown as other athletics greats like Hicham El Guerrouj, Haile Gebrselassie, Allen Johnson and Gail Devers aim to hand out a telling message ahead of the Olympics next year.