Curse of cover broken in women's race walk By Yoon Chul

DAEGU -- Olga Kaniskina of Russia won the women's 20-kilometer race walk, finally breaking the so-called curse of the "Daily Programme" that has been plaguing the 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu, Wednesday.

The "curse" is that athletes who have made the cover of this official daily booklet released by the organizers have gone on to give dismal performances. Save for Kaniskina.

Thanks to the Russian's golden performance the organizing committee is also relieved.