Tomorrow, inside the cavernous void of Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, Ben Johnson will complete a strange and painful pilgrimage.

A reshuffle in NZ shot put prodigy Jacko Gill's coaching set-up will see former Commonwealth discus champion and leading businessman Sir Les Mills take a central role.

Valerie Adams manages to produce her best throw of the year to take the Diamond League shot put series title in Zurich this morning.

A day of the track and field world championships remain but Athletics New Zealand's campaign has ceased.

Dear reader, your Mastermind topic is "the last sporting frontiers for New Zealanders to conquer" and your time starts ... now.

The argument over New Zealand's best woman athlete got another solid airing this week in the wake of the mighty Adams' fourth world shot put title, to sit alongside two Olympic gold medals.

On nights like yesterday when Val Adams won her fourth World Championship title, it's easy to absorb the joy enveloping the victor and consider them invincible.

Adams' joy in blitzing her competition this morning was boundless, writes Andrew Alderson who was there to witness her history-making win.