UK athletics has high expectations for success at London Olympics
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Play VideoThe World Athletics Championships are set for the end of the month in Daegu. This is the last major event before the London 2012 Games and Great Britain has hopes for success.
With the London Olympics now less than 12 months away, the pressure to deliver has never been higher for British athletes.
The UK Athletics chief believes his charges are in top form and has set a goal for the world championships.
Charles Van Commenee, UK Athletics Chief said, "We've set a target of seven medals including one gold at least. We had six in Berlin. The target is eight for London so we should be close to seven so that we are en route for London."
Current World and European heptathlete champion Jessica Ennis will be one of the British medal hopes.
She struck gold in 2009 in Berlin, leading the competition from the first event.
Ennis backed up her win at the World Championships with gold at the 2010 European Championships, but expects the competition to the tougher than ever in South Korea.
Jessica Ennis, British Heptathlete said, "I just expect the challenge to be a lot harder this year. Obviously it's a year before the Olympics. Everyone kind of raises their game getting close to an Olympics and everyone is performing really well and things a! re reall y close so I think it's definitely going to be a big battle."
Winning both the 5000 and 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Championships, Mo Farah is another athlete desperate for success.
Mo Farah, Long Distance Runner said, "I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be nice to get out there and put on a Great Britain first and make everyone proud and get up there. But you know you can't get too excited too much yet. You know I've still got to get to the start and be as healthy as I can. There's not long to go, it's just less than a week now so I'm looking forward to it."
It's been nearly 30 years since someone outside of Kenya and Ethiopia to win the world 10,000 metre.
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