Helping build support among the younger population and trying to ensure that any future bid does not become overly embroiled in politics will be the key to Budapest winning a campaign to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Arriving back at Paris Orly airport from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest I felt almost guilty speaking to some of my friends from L’Equipe.

The volunteers who helped make the World Athletics Championships in Budapest such a success have been nominated for a prestigious international fair play award.

Kenya's gold medallists at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest Faith Kipyegon and Mary Moraa have targeted further success at next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

Few things in sport are more thrilling or satisfying than a perfectly-timed finishing burst – and Sunday (August 27) treated us to two classics of the genre in rapid succession.

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has admitted results at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest were "not up to our ambitions", but said a meeting with French Athletics Federation (FFA) officials was "constructive".

The Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) produced 50 collectors' cards available at its Heritage Exhibition during the World Championships in Budapest, which was attended by around 40,000 visitors during its four-month opening.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has encouraged Budapest to bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games after a World Championships here which set "a new blueprint", and offered praise for controversial Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

All races at the World Athletics Championships are equal - but some are more equal than others. Ask Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Ask Femke Bol.

There was a risk sitting down to pen my post-World Athletics Championships reflections it would turn into a long list of incredible sporting moments it had been a privilege to have been here to witness.

Femke Bol concluded the World Athletics Championships here with a stunning anchor leg to carry The Netherlands to women's 4x400 metres relay victory, and Ukraine won their first gold through Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the women's high jump.

Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has sought an explanation for France winning only one silver medal at the World Athletics Championships here less than one year before Paris 2024, and is set to meet leaders from the French Athletics Federation.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has joined celebrations from Britain's Loughborough University of its long-term success in the sport at the World Championships here.

The aptly-named Victor Kiplangat of Uganda, Commonwealth marathon champion last year, became World Athletics Championships men's marathon champion here today - and set his sights on an Olympic gold in Paris next year.