The Observer view on the World Athletics Championships: a sport in crisis | Observer editorial

Golden moments on the track can't disguise a deeply flawed event in Doha Major sports events tend to follow the same, inviolable narrative. In the build-up, the projections are universally doom-laden. Media reports focus on the dubious circumstances under which the host city was awarded the prize (the process, whichever sport we're discussing, is always dubious). There are invariably problems with the stadiums, which are either behind schedule and over budget or over budget and completed with a ...