A jubilant Justin Gatlin crosses the finish line of the men's 100m final (© Getty Images)
The 2004 Weltklasse Zurich meeting which will be held on Friday 19 August, has already attracted a total of 14 newly crowned World champions, as of today. With two sessions still to be contested (13 and 14) at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the Finnish capital more big names are likely to follow in the coming days -
2005 World champions (14)
Justin Gatlin (USA) 100m
Jeremy Wariner (USA) 400m
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 3000m
Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 110mH
Bershawn Jackson (USA) 400mH
Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 3000m St
Rens Blom (NED) PV
Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) DT
Andrus Värnik (EST) JT
Lauryn Williams (USA) 100m
Tonique Darling-Williams (BAH) 400m
Zulia Calatayud (CUB) 800m
Michelle Perry (USA) 100mH
Trecia Smith (JAM) TJ
2004 Olympic champions (14)
Justin Gatlin* (USA) 100m
Jeremy Wariner* (USA) 400m
Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 800m
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 3000m
Xiang Liu (CHN) 110m H
Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 3000m St
Stefan Holm (SWE) HJ
Tim Mack (USA) PV
Virgilijus Alekna* (LTU) DT
Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) JT
Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR) 100m
Tonique Darling-Williams* (BAH) 400m
Joanna Hayes (USA) 100m H
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) TJ
*also World champion