Twenty years ago today, the Sydney Olympic Games enraptured the world with what is widely regarded as one of the most thrilling nights in athletics history.

Situated directly in the front of the entrance to ExpoCentre in the Sochi Winter Olympic Park, a high profile demonstration of IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics, which is one of the biggest grassroots development programmes in the world of sports, took place this afternoon (21).

There have been national junior championships for athletes dating back to the 1920s, with the former Czechoslovakia having organised what is believed to be the first in 1921. But having a global event – the IAAF World Junior Championships – that puts young talent on display is a relatively recent innovation.

Three-time world champion Gabriela Szabo has been appointed as the minister of youth and sport in the proposed structure of Romania’s new government.

Queen Elizabeth’s estate Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands will this Saturday play host to the road race debut of Romania’s World 1500m and Olympic 5000 metres track champion Gabriela Szabo.

Olympic 5000 metres champion Gabriela Szabo leads a 13-member Romanian team for next week's world indoor championships in Lisbon

Michael Johnson and Gabriela Szabo are the AIPS athletes of the year

Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene and Gabriela Szabo were voted by world wide sports journalists into the top ten of the Reuters sports personality of the year poll.

In a glittering ceremony at the World Athletics Gala 99, in Monte-Carlo's Grand Hotel, Carl Lewis and Fanny Blankers-Koen were announced as Top Male and Female Athletes of the 20th Century while Michael Johnson and Gabriela Szabo were selected as World Athletes of 1999

Gabriela Szabo married Zsolt Gyongyossy on Saturday in Bucharest.

Gabriela Szabo has announced officially that she will marry her long standing coach this weekend

Gabriela Szabo (ROM) and Bernard Barmasai (KEN) win the IAAF Overall Grand Prix today in Munich