Having been out of the championship arena since 2011, Blanka Vlasic had reason to be excited upon her long-awaited return.

Germany s two-time world champion outdoors David Storl led the qualifiers with 21.24m but there was a couple of surprises as both the USA s Kurt Roberts and Serbia's Asmir Kolasinac failed to progress.

There were only two automatic qualifiers in the women s triple jump, with Jamaica s Kimberley Williams and Ukraine s Olga Saladukha going over 14.30m.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton opened the pentathlon with an explosive display in the first event, the 60m hurdles.

With reigning champion and recent world record-breaker Genzebe Dibaba opting to focus on the 3000m, this event seems to be Abeba Aregawi s for the taking.

With just two days to go to the start of the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Sopot, which will be held between 7-9 March, the IAAF website editorial team have put the spotlight on some of the highlights expected this weekend ...