Rhasidat Adeleke and Ciara Mageean could join Ireland's elite pantheon in the coming days

Trace the Athletics World Championship’s 40-year history and you’ll find just five Irish athletes who’ve won medals, three of them race walkers with two reaching the podium on the track.

MAGNIFICENT MAGEEAN: Ireland’s Ciara Mageean. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

The stage is set, the stadium resplendent, shining bright along the banks of the Danube. Over the next nine days, Budapest plays host to over 2000 of the world’s best athletes from 202 nations.

With a capacity of 35,000, the National Athletics Centre should be fairly packed most evenings, with more than 300,000 tickets sold.