I'm the World-Beater You Have All Been Waiting for ; After His Grand Prix Win at Crystal Palace, Injury-Prone Tim Benjamin Is Ready to Transform British Athletics, Reports Ian Chadband

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BRITISH athletics has rarely been in more need of star quality. With the exception of Paula Radcliffe, the stellar old guard have either departed or appear to be bowing out and UK medal chances have never looked thinner on the ground than they do at the World Championships, which begin in Helsinki next week.

Yet with this drought comes opportunity. With an eye even at this stage to a certain local happening in London 2012, there is a chance for a fast one with real ability and ambition to turn him or herself into a star to be followed and emulated by an excited young British Olympian generation.

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I'm the World-Beater You Have All Been Waiting for ; After His Grand Prix Win at Crystal Palace, Injury-Prone Tim Benjamin Is Ready to Transform British Athletics, Reports Ian Chadband

Tim Benjamin believes he could be that man.

"Without being arrogant, I know I've got the talent to be that star," the Welsh quartermiler told me, quite matter of fact, this week. "If I work hard enough and am sensible enough in my decisi...

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