World titles are not easy to attain so when an athlete attempts a double in two of the most hotly contested events on the program it's worthy of attention.

Terrence Trammell flies to Moscow this week intent on achieving a double that nobody has managed - victories in both the 60m hurdles and the 60m dash. Few people will bet against him.

Last weekend at the USATF National Championships in Boston , the 27- year- old ran the fastest time in the world this year (7.46 seconds) to win the 60m hurdles. Less than 25 minutes later he finished second in the 60m final to earn his place in that event also. Not surprisingly, his performances in Boston have boosted his confidence tremendously.

"Yeah, I feel like I am capable of doing (the double)," he concedes. "My primary focus right now is to make sure that my body recovers properly, and I am doing the right things to see that that happens."

"I made the team in both events in 2003 which was the last time I had run an indoor season. I made the team and we kind of didn't know how to allow me to recover for the World Championships in Birmingham . So we went back out after only a couple of days rest; then I got injured in Birmingham ."

Including the heats and finals, he raced six times in Boston last weekend. A week prior at a meet in Indiana he raced four times. Rest and recovery is certainly in the cards this week. He will also catch up on the latest news from the European meets which he has neglected to view in the build-up to the US Championships. Still, he has no doubt where his strongest challenge will emerge from.

"Well, you can never count out any of the Americans. I haven't honestly kept up with a lot of the European meets because my focus has just been on trying to prepare for the US Championships," he admits. "I will say that I am not counting out anyone. If they make the World Championships team then apparently they deserve to be there. I don't discount any athlete that will be there because it's all about the person who feels the best on the day."

"I was pushed to run fast at the US nationals. That's why I was able to run under 7.50 but I think the competition at worlds will probably force me to run even faster just because there are people on the list that I have noticed, who are up and comers who I am not too familiar with and who have run really well this year. So the best thing I can hope for is to execute like I know I can and just let the chips fall how they may."

Trammell has two Olympics silver medals to his credit from Sydney and Athens , both in the hurdles. Two years ago in Athens it took a world record equalling performance by Chinese star Xiang Liu to beat him. It is just one of the occasions where circumstances counted against him. A year ago at the World Championships in Helsinki he had an awful start and wound up 5th in a race won by Frenchman Ladji Doucoure. This unfinished business is on his mind and helps motivate him in training.

"There are certain things that I haven't accomplished yet that I really aspire to accomplish," he says, "Trying to attain this double, which is something that has not been done before, really keeps me going. What I have been trying to do for a few years now, I think, is something that could really make history and change the state of track and field or hurdling. I feel like I am capable of being successful in it and that's what pushes me."

"I feel like I can honestly run in the low 12.8's, low 12.7's in the 110m hurdles and I would like to run under 10 seconds in the 100m and if possible under 9.9. I feel it's only a matter of time and me honing in on my craft before I am able to do those things."

After graduating from the University of South Carolina, Trammell started training with four time world 110m hurdles champion Allen Johnson but in 2003 moved back to Atlanta to train with Paul Doyle, the decathlete turned agent/coach. While he very much settled, he does look back fondly on his time with Johnson.

"I learned a lot from Allen while I was in Columbia . It really helped me to be able to know myself as a hurdler after I moved," he says. "It allowed me to mature and understand what works for me. That's one of the things I learned from him is to continue to learn and do all you can to make it fit your particular style."

Away from the track Trammell enjoys family and friends. As often as he can he drives to South Carolina to spend time with his 84- year- old grandmother. And always at the end of the season it is where he goes to relax and get away from the pressures of being a world class athlete.

"If I have a free weekend I will drive to South Carolina just to get a chance to spend time with her," he reveals. "She lives in a rural area so it's slow and peaceful. I used to spend summers there growing up."

"My grandfather died three years ago and I think that was like the biggest loss I had ever experienced. I used to still visit them when he was alive. Just the whole atmosphere kind of takes me away from the everyday hustle and bustle of doing what I do. We have lots of relatives around so it's not like she is all alone. She baby-sits her great- grandkids everyday after school."

Apart from getting out his play station - required apparatus for world class athletes these days it seems - Trammell has also taken up another pastime with reckless abandon - ten pin bowling.

"I really like it. Sometimes I bowl strikes and then I come back and do the exact same approach and I only get seven pins and then it's hard for me to get the spare," he says laughing. "I am still trying to work on the consistency in it but I really enjoy the game."

Trammell's agent is his sister in law, Kimberly Holland, in whom he has complete respect and trust. A contract lawyer, she ensures he is earning money from the sport in which he plies his trade. Conversely, she speaks highly of her client suggesting that most people don't know that Trammell has a wicked sense of humour. When he is told what his sister in law has said he laughs.

"I don't know. She always says I tell jokes but I think she is always laughing at me," he explains laughing. "I don't really have jokes. I guess it's what I am saying and how I say it. A lot of times she is laughing but I am not joking. I do have a pretty good sense of humour. I don't try to be funny but people just wind up laughing. I guess I will take it."