Helen FieldsScience Writer

The world championships in track & field were in Berlin last week. I kept forgetting to watch them on TV, so what I saw – the grand total – was the men’s high jump final, about five minutes of men’s racewalking when a TV was on at work, and a few minutes of women’s discus. I did keep seeing athletes wandering around town with their shiny passes around their necks, so that was exciting.

This kid is not a competitor. He’s on a runway set up by Puma in Alexanderplatz – he’s running past speed cameras that flash your kilometers per hour on a board. I think it would be a lot more interesting if they told you how fast you can run 100 meters. Note the Jamaica colors – and there’s even a little Jamaican bar/hut thing in the background, playing reggae.