Occasion-by-event information to the motion in Tokyo from September 13-21 with key contenders, stats and British hopes
Males’s 100m
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Historical past maker: Usain Bolt JAM – three golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Noah Lyles USA 9.83Championship document: Usain Bolt JAM 9.58, 2009Olympic champion: Lyles USA 9.79World chief: Kishane Thompson JAM 9.75
The showpiece dash appears like being one other battle between the USA and Jamaica.
Ones to look at(outside 2025 bests in brackets)
Noah Lyles USA (10.00)Made a sluggish begin to his 2025 marketing campaign over 100m however remains to be able to profitable his third consecutive main title on the distance.Kishane Thompson JAM (9.75)The Olympic silver medallist received the Jamaican trials in a PB 9.75, backed up by a 9.85 win on the Pre Basic and victory over Lyles in Silesia.Indirect Seville JAM (9.83)The serial main finalist tends to peak within the semis however has had spectacular wins in London and Lausanne, simply beating Lyles within the latter.Kenny Bednarek USA (9.79)Seems to be a lot improved, profitable the US trials and dominating the Grand Slam Observe occasions.
British problem: The 2023 bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes appears sharp, judging by his British title victory. World indoor champion Jeremiah Azu certified with a mid-August 9.97. Romell Glave additionally competes.
AW prediction: 1 Thompson JAM 9.75; 2 Lyles USA 9.76; 3 Bednarek USA 9.78. Prime Brit: 5 Hughes 9.85
Ladies’s 100m
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Championship document: Sha’Carri Richardson USA 10.65Historical past maker: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: 5 golds, one bronzeDefending champion:Sha’Carri Richardson USA 10.65Olympic champion: Julien Alfred LCA 10.72World chief: Melissa Jefferson-Picket USA 10.65
Can anybody cease America’s rising power?
Ones to look at
Melissa Jefferson-Picket USA (10.65)The Olympic bronze medallist dominated the Grand Slam occasions however moved up one other stage on the US Championships to enter the all-time prime 5.Julien Alfred LCA (10.75)Fourth in Budapest, the Olympic champion has been constant at sub 10.80 this summer time.Sha’Carri Richardson USA (11.05)The enigmatic defending champion and Olympic silver medallist has not but seemed wherever near her type of previous years.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM (10.91)The world’s best girls’s 100m runner with seven international brief dash titles was third in Budapest however, at 38, appears previous her sharpest.
British problem: Amy Hunt impressively received the British title however her time there’s outdoors of the highest 40. Anticipate both her, Dina Asher-Smith or Daryll Neita to make the highest eight.
AW prediction: 1 Jefferson-Picket USA 10.60; 2 Alfred LCA 10.65; 3 Clayton JAM 10.83. Prime Brit: 6 Asher-Smith 10.86
Males’s 200m
Ultimate: Friday September 19Championship document: Usain Bolt JAM 19.19, 2009Historical past maker: Usain Bolt JAM – 4 golds, one silverDefending champion: Noah Lyles USA 19.52Olympic champion: Letsile Tebogo BOT 19.46World chief: Lyles USA 19.62
Letsile Tebogo takes on the may of America as soon as once more.
Ones to look at
Noah Lyles USA (19.63)Aiming to equal Bolt’s haul of 4 world 200m gold medals, he will probably be eager to make up for an illness-affected Olympic bronze. Begins as marginal favorite.Kenny Bednarek USA (19.67)The three-time international silver medallist narrowly misplaced out to Lyles on the US trials and will probably be to the fore once more.Letsile Tebogo BOT (19.76)After his bronze in Budapest, he dominated the Paris Olympics and has been in good kind in 2025, profitable in Doha and Eugene earlier than shedding out in Monaco and Zurich.Tapiwa Makarawu ZIM (19.84)The NCAA champion was sixth on the Paris Olympics and appears improved primarily based on his faculty title win.
British problem: Zharnel Hughes was fourth in Budapest and a 19.90 UK Championships win confirmed he’s at present in nice kind. Ought to problem for the medals once more in Tokyo. Toby Harries joins him on the staff.
AW prediction: 1 Lyles USA 19.40; 2 Tebogo BOT 19.45; 3 Bednarek USA 19.46. Prime Brit: 5 Hughes 19.71
Ladies’s 200m
Ultimate: Friday September 19Championship document: Shericka Jackson JAM 21.41, 2023Historical past maker: Allyson Felix USA – three golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Shericka Jackson JAM 21.41Olympic champion: Gabby Thomas USA 21.83World chief: Julien Alfred LCA 21.71
Melissa Jefferson-Picket and Julien Alfred sq. off once more.
Ones to look at
Julien Alfred LCA (21.71)Second within the 200m in Paris, she has seemed stronger and sooner this yr, impressively profitable in London in a world-leading time.Melissa Jefferson-Picket USA (21.84)Has seemed in glowing kind, profitable the US trials in a giant PB, however the 100m appears to be her finest occasion.Shericka Jackson JAM (22.17)After simple wins in 2021 and 2023, she didn’t make it to Paris. After a sluggish begin to 2025, she received in Silesia however is nowhere close to her championships document kind.Favour Ofili NGR (22.00)Paris sixth-placer has improved her 100m velocity in 2025 and was second in Lausanne.
British problem: There are three potential British finalists and the perfect on the day might take a medal. Former world champion Dina Asher-Smith simply edged Amy Hunt to the British title, whereas Daryll Neita has usually been beneath her finest in 2025.
AW prediction: 1 Alfred LCA 21.56; 2 Jefferson-Picket USA 21.63; 3 Jackson JAM 21.75. Prime Brit: 5 Asher-Smith 21.90
Males’s 400m
Ultimate: Tuesday September 18Championship document: Michael Johnson USA 43.19, 1999Historical past maker: Johnson USA – 4 goldsDefending champion: Antonio Watson JAM 44.22Olympic champion: Quincy Corridor USA 43.40World chief: Zakithi Nene RSA 43.76
Even with Olympic champion Quincy Corridor lacking, Matthew Hudson-Smith faces a stern problem.
Ones to look at
Jacory Patterson USA (43.85)The world indoor bronze medallist went sub-44 early within the season, then received the US trials and Brussels Diamond League earlier than decreasing his PB in Zurich.Muzala Samukonga ZAM (44.11)The fast-finishing Commonwealth champion was third in Paris and, after a modest begin to 2025, received in a quick time on the Hungarian Grand Prix.Zakithi Nene RSA (43.76)His win at altitude in Nairobi tops the rankings however he has didn’t make the ultimate in his 4 earlier international championships. Gained Diamond League prime three locations in Rabat, Rome and London.Chris Bailey USA (44.15)The world indoor champion was second on the US trials and proved he’s greater than only a mainstay of the relay staff.
British problem: With silver medals on the Olympics, world championships and Commonwealth Video games, new father Matthew Hudson-Smith could possibly be able to prime the rostrum and has been in good kind in 2025 with a better of 44.10. He was crushed in London by the 44.14 of fellow Brit Charlie Dobson, who might additionally problem for a medal. Sam Reardon clocked 45.15 in mid-August.
AW prediction: 1 Patterson USA 43.88; 2 Hudson-Smith GBR 43.90; 3 Nene RSA 44.05. Subsequent Brit: 5 Dobson 44.15
Ladies’s 400m
Ultimate: Friday September 18Championship document: Jarmila Kratochvilova CZE 47.99, 1983Historical past maker: Ana Guevara MEX – two golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Marileidy Paulino DOM 48.76Olympic champion: Paulino DOM 48.25World chief: Salwa Eid Naser BRN 48.67
A 3-way battle for gold options an athlete higher recognized for her hurdling prowess.
Ones to look at
Marileidy Paulino DOM (48.81)The defending world and Olympic champion misplaced in Kingston however then received the subsequent two Grand Slam Observe conferences and got here first on the Paris, Monaco and Silesia Diamond Leagues.Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA (48.90)The double Olympic hurdles champion centered on the flat 400m to win the US title and hasn’t misplaced within the occasion for over two years.Salwa Eid Naser BRN (48.67)The 2019 world champion who served a two-year doping ban returned to kind to win Olympic silver and set an early world lead on the Kingston Grand Slam. Beat Paulino within the Diamond League closing.Henriette Jaeger NOR (49.62)After profitable European and World Indoors medals, she ran a Norwegian document in Oslo and received the European U23 title, in addition to the Lausanne Diamond League.
British problem: World indoor champion Amber Anning hasn’t fairly hit prime kind outside with a better of 49.75 in Zurich however she ought to make the ultimate. Former world junior champion Yemi Mary John can be chosen, alongside Victoria Ohuruogu.
AW prediction: 1 McLaughlin-Levrone USA 48.32; 2 Paulino DOM 48.45; 3 Naser BRN 48.58. Prime Brit: 6 Anning 49.40
Males’s 800m
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Donavan BrazierUSA 1:42.34, 2019Historical past maker: Wilson Kipketer DEN – three goldsDefending champion: Marco Arop CAN 1:44.24Olympic champion: Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN 1:41.19World chief: Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN 1:41.44
Will it take a run of 1:41 to land the gold medal?
Ones to look at
Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN (1:41.44)The Olympic champion was a silver medallist in Budapest and has been good in 2025, profitable in Oslo, Stockholm, Monaco, London and Zurich.Donavan Brazier USA (1:42.16)After profitable the 2019 world title, he went out within the heats in 2022 and didn’t make the 2021 and 2024 Olympics. Bounced again with a PB on the US trials.Djamel Sedjati ALG (1:42.20)Second on the 2022 world championships and third on the Olympics, he has been in constant kind – twice working inside 1:42.30.Marco Arop CAN (1:42.22)The defending champion was second in Paris and stays among the many favourites after a 1:42.22 run in London.
British problem: Olympic finalist Max Burgin appears sooner and stronger in 2025 and must be near a medal. The 2023 world medallist Ben Pattison has bounced again to kind to be chosen, whereas Tiarnan Crorken makes his world championships debut.
AW prediction: 1 Wanyonyi KEN 1:42.10; 2 Arop CAN 1:42.25; 3 Sedjati ALG 1:42.45. Prime Brit: 6 Burgin 1:42.85
Ladies’s 800m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: Jarmila Kratochvilova CZE 1:54.68, 1983Historical past maker: Maria Mutola MOZ – 5 goldsDefending champion: Mary Moraa KEN 1:56.03Olympic champion: Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1:56.72World chief: Hodgkinson GBR 1:54.74
Keely Hodgkinson is eyeing a primary world title.
Ones to look at
Tsige Duguma ETH (1:56.64)The 2024 world indoor champion and Olympic runner-up was solely sixth in Nanjing indoors however received Diamond Leagues in Shaoxing, Rabat and Eugene.Prudence Sekgodiso RSA (1:57.16)The world indoor champion has been very constant, working 1:57.16 at each Ostrava and Eugene.Mary Moraa KEN (1:57.83)The defending champion was third in Paris however has been properly beneath that kind in 2025 and by mid- August had solely as soon as gone underneath 1:59.5.Audrey Werro SUI (1:55.91)Fourth in Nanjing, she continued her enchancment in the summertime profitable the Euro U23 gold and setting a Swiss document in profitable at Bydgoszcz earlier than decreasing that mark within the Diamond League closing with 1:55.91.
British problem: Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson made a spectacular return in Silesia with 1:54.74 and a gathering document in Lausanne. Georgia Hunter Bell received in Stockholm, London and lowered her PB to 1:55.96 in Zurich. Jemma Reekie has not been as spectacular up to now in 2025.
AW prediction: 1 Hodgkinson GBR 1:55.99; 2 Duguma ETH 1:56.14; 3 Sekgodiso RSA 1:57.23. Subsequent Brit: 5 Hunter-Bell 1:57.45
Males’s 1500m
Ultimate: Wednesday September 17Championship document: Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 3:27.65, 1999Historical past maker: Hicham El Guerrouj MAR: 4 goldsDefending champion: Josh Kerr GBR 3:29.38Olympic champion: Cole Hocker USA 3:27.65World chief: Azeddine Habz FRA 3:27.49
Younger abilities aiming to upset the established middle-distance order.
Ones to look at
Niels Laros NED (3:29.20)Ran a 3:45.94 one mile world lead in Eugene, then accomplished a European U23 800m/5000m double and received in Brussels and in Zurich.Cole Hocker USA (3:30.37)The Olympic champion solely squeezed into a really sturdy US staff with a typical flying end and has not matched his Paris kind in 2025.Phanuel Koech KEN (3:27.72)Set a world under-20 document in Paris and beat Kerr on the London Diamond League.Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR (3:29.63i)After a superb indoor season that introduced world and European 1500m and 3000m titles plus a mile world document, damage halted his progress.
British problem: Defending champion Josh Kerr adopted up his Budapest win with a world indoor 3000m title and Olympic silver. He will probably be a giant issue, whereas former champion Jake Wightman, world indoor medallist Neil Gourley and Elliot Giles might give Britain 4 finalists.
AW prediction: 1 Laros 3:28.20; 2 Koech KEN 3:28.32; 3 Kerr GBR 3:29.23. Subsequent Brit: 7 Wightman 3:31.12
Ladies’s 1500m
Ultimate: Tuesday September 16Championship document: Sifan Hassan NED 3:51.95, 2019Historical past maker: Religion Kipyegon KEN – three golds and two silversDefending champion: Religion Kipyegon KEN 3:54.87Olympic champion: Religion Kipyegon KEN 3:51.29World chief: Religion Kipyegon KEN 3:48.68
Anticipate one other 1500m coronation for Queen Kipyegon.
Ones to look at
Religion Kipyegon KEN (3:48.68)The world’s best is working her eleventh international outside 1500m and can win simply once more. Her final main loss at a championships 1500m was in 2019.Diribe Welteji ETH (3:51.44)The 2023 world mile highway champion (forward of Kipyegon) was second in Budapest two years in the past and took silver on the World Indoors. Simply missed a medal in Paris however is in nice kind in 2025.Jessica Hull AUS (3:52.67)The Olympic silver medallist has been seventh on the final two World Championships and this yr has set space data for 1000m and the mile.Sarah Healy IRL (3:57.15)The European Indoor 3000m champion has didn’t make a world outside closing in her 4 earlier makes an attempt however is now stronger and has twice run 3:57 this summer time.
British problem: Georgia Hunter Bell is specializing in the 800m. The 2021 Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir is working her thirtieth championships monitor race and clocked an encouraging 3:57.63 in Brussels. She is joined within the staff by European indoor bronze medallist Revee Walcott-Nolan and Hunter Bell’s coaching associate, Erin Wallace.
AW prediction: 1 Kipyegon KEN 3:50.67; 2 Welteji ETH 3:51.45; 3 Hull AUS 3:51.87. Prime Brit: 5 Muir GBR 3:54.03
Males’s 5000m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: Eliud Kipchoge KEN 12:52.79, 2003Historical past maker: Mo Farah GBR – three golds, one silverDefending champion: Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 13:11.30Olympic champion: Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 13:13.66World chief: Andreas Almgren SWE 12:44.27
Has Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s damage opened issues up?
Ones to look at
Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR (13:13.66 in 2024)Has received three international 5000m titles between 2022 and 2024 however hasn’t raced outside this summer time. He’ll nonetheless anticipate to win, even when unlikely to be at his finest.Andreas Almgren SWE (12:44.27)The previous world junior 800m medallist who didn’t get by means of the Budapest heats produced the run of his life on the Stockholm Diamond League to prime the world rankings.Biniam Mehary ETH (12:45.93)Completed sixth on the Olympics aged simply 17 and chased American Nico Younger residence in Oslo earlier this yr.Cole Hocker USA (13:09.36)Ranked 66th on this planet in August primarily based on his Stockholm seventh place however the Olympic 1500m champion received the US trials and will probably be a hazard if the race is not onerous all the best way.
British problem: George Mills would be the sole British competitor and must be a significant factor after profitable European Indoor 3000m silver, setting a British document in Oslo (12:46.59) and enhancing his 1500m finest to three:28.56.
AW prediction: 1 Hocker USA 12:55.67; 2 Ingebrigtsen NOR 12:55.78; 3 Mehary ETH 12:56.01. Prime Brit: 5 Mills 12:57.86
Ladies’s 5000m
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Hellen Obiri KEN 14:26.72, 2019Historical past maker: Meseret Defar ETH – two golds, one silver, two bronzeDefending champion: Religion Kipyegon KEN 14:53.88Olympic champion: Beatrice Chebet KEN 14:28.56World chief: Beatrice Chebet KEN 13:58.06
It’s a Kenya v Ethiopia conflict of the titans.
Ones to look at
Beatrice Chebet KEN (13:58.06)The Olympic champion smashed the world document and the 14-minute barrier this yr however wants a world gold to finish her medal assortment after a earlier silver and bronze.Religion Kipyegon KEN (14:29.60 in 2024)Has the wild card from being defending champion from 2023 and second within the Paris Olympics final yr. The 5000m comes after her primary occasion, the 1500m, however she has centered on shorter races to date in 2025.Agnes Ngetich KEN (14:01.29)Set a 24-second PB in Eugene behind Chebet to go third all-time however has no 5000m championships expertise.Gudaf Tsegay ETH (14:04.41)The previous world record-holder and 2022 champion has 9 international indoor and outside medals however can nonetheless be tactically naive and enigmatic.
British problem: After their PB-smashing runs in London, each Hannah Nuttall (14:39.48) and a number of European junior champion Innes Fitzgerald (14:39.56) certified in fashion. Melissa Courtney-Bryant additionally will get the nod.
AW prediction: 1 Chebet KEN 14:11.60; 2 Kipyegon KEN 14:11.86; 3 Ngetich KEN 14:14.56. Prime Brit: 10 Nuttall 14:45.65
Males’s 10,000m
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Defending champion: Joshua Cheptegei UGA 27:51.42Championship document: Kenenisa Bekele ETH 26:46.31, 2009Historical past maker: Haile Gebrselassie ETH – 4 golds, one silver, one bronzeOlympic champion: Joshua Cheptegei UGA 26:43.14World chief: Biniam Mehary ETH 26:43.82
With Joshua Cheptegei switching to the roads, the trail is obvious for a brand new champion to emerge.
Ones to look at
Grant Fisher USA (29:02.37)The double Olympic bronze medallist narrowly misplaced out within the US trials and has but to match the indoor kind the place he set world data at 3000m and 5000m. Might additionally problem at 5000m.Yomif Kejelcha ETH (26:31.01 in 2024)The 2019 runner-up who has received two world indoor 3000m golds had run three sub 12:50 5000m races in 2025 however was chosen for the longer occasion regardless of solely having run a highway 10km (in 26:31!).Selemon Barega ETH (26:44.13)The 2021 Olympic champion, third in Budapest, has proven nice vary in 2025, working a 3:32.93 1500m after a 2:05:15 marathon win in Seville.Biniam Mehary ETH (26:43.82)The 18-year-old has solely run two 10,000m races – a world junior document final yr and a world lead in Eugene – in 2025 however it’s unclear whether or not he’ll double up.
British problem: With simply 27 locations accessible and an extremely excessive qualifying commonplace of 27:00 commonplace there will probably be no Brits on this occasion, although Patrick Dever was near a world rankings spot.
AW prediction: 1 Fisher USA 26:55.87; 2 Kejelcha ETH 26:56.11; 3 Barega ETH 26:56.45
Ladies’s 10,000m
Ultimate: Saturday September 14Championship document: Berhane Adere ETH 30:04.18, 2003Historical past maker: Tirunesh Dibaba ETH – three golds, one silverDefending champion: Gudaf Tsegay ETH 31:27.18Olympic champion: Beatrice Chebet KEN 30:43.25World chief: Janeth Chepngetich KEN 30:27.02
Can anybody thwart a Kenyan clean-sweep?
Ones to look at
Beatrice Chebet KEN (30:27.52)The Olympic champion was solely third within the trials however, judging by her 3000m and 5000m performances, there’s nothing improper together with her kind.Gudaf Tsegay ETH (29:05.92 in 2024)The defending champion was sixth in her final 10,000m, which got here on the Olympics final yr.Nadia Battocletti ITA (30:43.35 in 2024)The European champion and Olympic silver medallist has not run a ten,000m this season however has set Italian data at 3000m and 5000m.Agnes Ngetich KEN (30:27.38)Got here within the prime 4 on the final two World Cross Nation Championships and is the 10km world record-holder (29:27). She has made massive enhancements over 3000m and 5000m.
British problem: European bronze medallist Megan Keith and Calli Hauger-Thackery.
AW prediction: 1 Chebet KEN 30:32.65; 2 Tsegay ETH 30:32.97; 3 Ngetich KEN 30:35.82
Males’s 3000m steeplechase
Ultimate: Monday September 15Championship document: Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:00.43 2009Historical past maker: Ezekiel Kemboi KEN – 4 golds, two silvers, one bronzeDefending champion: Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:03.53Olympic champion: Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:06.05World chief: Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:00.70
Soufiane El Bakkali searching for a hat-trick.
Ones to look at
Soufiane El Bakkali MAR (8:00.70)The double Olympic champion bids for his third successive world gold and fifth successive medal. Has wins in Rabat and Monaco to his identify.Ryuji Miura JPN (8:03.43)After three international top-eight finishes by the age of twenty-two, appears able to lastly win a medal, judging by his Japanese document in Monaco.Lamecha Girma ETH (8:07.01)The world record-holder has three world silvers behind El Bakkali however suffered a nasty fall on the Olympics final yr and has run as soon as up to now this summer time.Frederik Ruppert GER (8:01.49)After a 14-second PB and German document to chase El Bakkali in Rabat, he didn’t win the German title however then took the Diamond League crown in Zurich.
British problem: Zak Seddon (8:15.66) was initially named within the staff however didn’t make the ultimate squad on account of his rankings place.
AW prediction: 1 El Bakkali MAR 8:12.34; 2 Girma ETH 8:13.45; 3 Miura JPN 8:13.86
Ladies’s 3000m steeplechase
Ultimate: Wednesday September 17Championship document: Winfred Yavi BRN 8:54.29, 2023Defending champion: Winfred Yavi BRN 8:54.29Olympic champion: Winfred Yavi BRN 8:52.76World chief: Winfred Yavi BRN 8:45.25
Winfred Yavi retaining a agency grip on gold.
Ones to look at
Winfred Yavi BRN (8:45.25)The defending champion additionally received Olympic gold and, after two early losses in Doha and Oslo, has hit top-class kind.Religion Cherotich KEN (8:48.71)Bronze medallist in Budapest and Paris had Diamond League victories in Doha, Oslo and Paris earlier than clocking a giant PB in Eugene after which profitable in Zurich.Doris Lemngole KEN (8:58.15)The NCAA champion has by no means run in a significant championship and had solely raced in Kenya and the USA till profitable in Lausanne. Has additionally received NCAA titles at 5000m and cross-country.Peruth Chemutai UGA (8:51.77)The 2021 Olympic champion and Paris runner-up has received no world medals from 4 earlier championships however has been in nice kind in 2025.
British problem: The much-improved nationwide champion Elise Thorner certified comfortably with a 9:15.06 PB in Oslo and was additionally fourth in Lausanne, whereas Sarah Tait has joined her by way of the rankings.
AW prediction: 1 Yavi BRN 8:47.85; 2 Cherotich KEN 8:49.11; 3 Chemutai UGA 8:50.45. Prime Brit: 12 Thorner 9:11.16
Males’s marathon
Ultimate: Monday September 15Championship document: Tamirat Tola ETH 2:05:36, 2022Historical past maker: Abel Anton ESP, Jaouad Gharib MAR, Abel Kirui KEN – two goldsDefending champion: Viktor Kiplangat UGA 2:08:53Olympic champion: Tamirat Tola ETH 2:06:26World chief: Sabastian Sawe KEN 2:02:27
Ethiopia in pole place on the roads.
Ones to look at
Deresa Geleta ETH (2:03:51)The Tokyo runner-up was fifth in Paris final yr earlier than additionally working 2:02.38 in Valencia in December to make the all-time prime 10.Tadese Takele ETH (2:03:23)The Tokyo marathon winner received a world junior steeplechase medal in 2021 and is simply 23 years previous.Tesfaye Deriba ETH (2:04:13)Seventh within the steeplechase within the 2017 world championships and ran 2:04:13 to win in his marathon debut in Barcelona.Vincent Ngetich KEN (2:04:00)Has completed third in Tokyo for the final two years and has a finest of two:03:13 from ending second in Berlin in 2023. Second within the Nice Manchester 10km this yr.
British problem: Emile Cairess, who was a superb fourth on the Olympics, might place even larger in Japan if he can replicate his finest championships kind.
AW prediction: 1 Geleta ETH 2:08:59; 2 Takele ETH 2:09:01; 3 Ngetich KEN 2:09:21. Prime Brit: 5 Cairess 2:10:04
Ladies’s marathon
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Championship document: Gotytom Gebrselassie ETH 2:18:11History makers: Edna Kiplagat/Catherine Ndereba KEN – two golds, one silverDefending champion: Amane Beriso ETH 2:24:23Olympic champion: Sifan Hassan NED 2:22:55World chief: Tigist Assefa ETH 2:15:50
Peres Jepchirchir standing in the best way of Ethiopian dominance.
Ones to look at
Tigist Assefa ETH (2:15:50)The previous world record-holder was second on the Olympics and received London this yr.Amane Beriso ETH (2:21:58)The Budapest winner was fifth in Paris after which fifth in Boston this yr and has a 2:14:58 PB from 2022.Peres Jepchirchir KEN (2:16:16 in 2024)The 2021 Olympic champion and three-time world half-marathon champion received London in 2024 however hasn’t raced since ending 14th in Paris.Suteme Asefa ETH (2:16:31)The 2-time Tokyo winner, in 2024 and 2025, qualifies for her first main championships.
British problem: Calli Hauger-Thackery, sixth in Boston, was pre-selected however switched to the ten,000m.
AW prediction: 1 Assefa ETH 2:18:45; 2 Asefa ETH 2:18:58; 3 Jepchirchir KEN 2:19:45
Males’s 110m hurdles
Ultimate: Tuesday September 16Championship document: Colin Jackson GBR 12.91, 1993Historical past maker: Allen Johnson USA – 4 golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Grant Holloway USA 12.96Olympic champion: Grant Holloway USA 12.99 (12.98 sf)World chief: Cordell Tinch USA 12.87
The USA ought to dominate, however maybe not with their traditional champion.
Ones to look at
Grant Holloway USA (13.11)The Olympic champion bids for his fourth world title (seventh together with indoors) however has been properly beneath his finest kind outside in 2025.Cordell Tinch USA (12.87)Set a world lead in Shaoxing, backed up by top-class ends in different Diamond Leagues, however lacks championships expertise except for making the semi-finals in Budapest again in 2023.Rachid Muratake JPN (12.92)The Olympic fifth-placer smashed the Japanese document in mid-August to extend his medal probabilities.Ja’Kobe Tharp USA (13.01)The 2024 world junior champion loved an NCAA and US trials double, profitable in a PB within the latter to make his first senior championships.
British problem: British champion Tade Ojora (13.30).
AW prediction: 1 Tinch USA 12.95; 2 Tharp USA 12.99; 3 Muratake JPN 13.00. Greatest Brit: sf Ojora
Ladies’s 100m hurdles
Ultimate: Monday September 15Championship document: Tobi Amusan NGR 12.06, 2021Historical past maker: Gail Devers USA – three golds, two silverDefending champion: Danielle Williams JAM 12.43Olympic champion: Masai Russell USA 12.33World chief: Masai Russell USA 12.17
Masai Russell dealing with fierce opposition.
Ones to look at
Masai Russell USA (12.17)The Olympic champion has by no means made a world outside closing however went second on the all-time record this yr.Tobi Amusan NGR (12.24)The 2022 world champion has been in her finest kind since that Eugene gold, having didn’t make the Olympic closing in Paris.Danielle Williams JAM (12.31)The double world champion (2015 and 2023) set a lifetime PB in Silesia on the age of 32.Grace Stark USA (12.21)Olympic fifth-placer has significantly improved since and went into the all-time prime 5 together with her win in Paris this yr.
British problem: Marcia Sey had the British commonplace after a 12.77 PB however didn’t make the ultimate squad.
AW prediction: 1 Russell USA 12.20; 2 Amusan NGR 12.28; 3 Stark USA 12.31
Males’s 400m hurdles
Ultimate: Friday September 19Championship document: Alison dos Santos BRA 46.29, 2022Historical past maker: Karsten Warholm NOR – three goldsDefending champion: Karsten Warholm NOR 46.89Olympic champion: Rai Benjamin USA 46.46World chief: Karsten Warholm NOR 46.28
As with the 2021 Olympics, this has the potential to be the race of the championships.
Ones to look at
Karsten Warholm NOR (46.28)The three-time world champion was second in Paris however, primarily based on his 300m hurdles world document and Silesia world lead, he begins because the favorite.Rai Benjamin USA (46.54)The Olympic champion beat a below-par Warholm in Stockholm as he bids to enhance on two world championships silvers and one bronze.Alison dos Santos BRA (46.65)The 2022 world champion and double Olympic bronze medallist beat Benjamin in Eugene and can push the massive two all the best way.Abderrahman Samba QAT (47.09)The 2019 world medallist was sixth on the Olympics and ran his second-fastest ever time in Paris this yr.
British problem: The trio of British champion Tyri Donovan, Alastair Chalmers and Seamus Derbyshire all certified and all might make the semi-finals.
AW prediction: 1 Warholm NOR 45.87; 2 Benjamin USA 45.98; 3 Dos Santos BRA 46.45. Greatest Brit: Donovan sf 48.45
Ladies’s 400m hurdles
Ultimate: Friday September 19Championship document: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA 50.68, 2022Historical past maker: Nezha Bidouane MAR – two golds, one silverDefending champion: Femke Bol NED 51.70Olympic champion: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA 50.37World chief: Femke Bol NED 51.91
Femke Bol to simply defend her crown.
Ones to look at
Femke Bol NED (51.91)The defending champion was a well-beaten third on the Olympics however has received all her races simply in 2025 and, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone contesting the 400m, ought to win once more with ease.Dalilah Muhammad USA (52.58)The previous Olympic and world champion bids for a fifth world medal, which appears doubtless primarily based on her US title win.Anna Cockrell USA (52.89)Defeated Bol in Paris final yr to take Olympic silver however has not seemed in 51.87 kind this yr.Emma Zapletova SVK (53.58)The 2021 European U23 champion has set 4 nationwide data in 2025, together with a second place end behind Bol in Silesia.
British problem: Emily Newnham certified with a surprising 54.08 PB in profitable European under-23 gold and a repeat might see her go near the ultimate. British champion Lina Nielsen additionally certified comfortably.
AW prediction: 1 Bol NED 51.40; 2 Muhammad USA 52.55; 3 Cockrell USA 52.67. Greatest Brit: Newnham sf 54.10
Males’s excessive bounce
Ultimate: Tuesday September 16Championship document: Bogdan Bondarenko UKR 2.41m, 2013Historical past maker: Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT – three golds, one silver, one bronzeDefending champion: Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 2.36mOlympic champion: Hamish Kerr NZL 2.36mWorld chief: Danil Lysenko RUS 2.35m (Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR 2.34m)
With Gianmarco Tamberi sitting it out, it appears like being a three-way contest for gold.
Ones to look at
Hamish Kerr NZL (2.33m)The Olympic champion was second on this yr’s World Indoor Championships and received in Rabat and Silesia as he rounds into prime kind.Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR (2.34m)The double world indoor champion received outside world silver in 2022 and has been in good kind in 2025, with wins in Rome and Monaco.Jan Stefela CZE (2.33m)The Olympic finalist was second on the European indoors and received the European Group Championships in a then world lead.Oleh Doroshchuk UKR (2.30m)The European Indoor champion (in a PB of two.34m) has not fairly matched that kind outside however was second on the RomeDiamond League.
British problem: There received’t be any British contenders in Tokyo.
AW prediction: 1 Kerr NZL 2.35m; 2 Woo-Sang Hyeok KOR 2.35m; 3 J Stefela CZE 2.33m
Ladies’s excessive bounce
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2.09m, 1987Historical past maker: Mariya Lasitskene RUS – three goldsDefending champion: Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2.01mOlympic champion: Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2.00mWorld chief: Nicola Olyslagers AUS 2.04m
Yaroslava Mahuchikh can anticipate some stiff Australian opposition.
Ones to look at
Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR (2.02m)The reigning world and Olympic champion and world record-holder is favorite, regardless of losses in Stockholm, Paris, London and Zurich.Nicola Olyslagers AUS (2.04m)The double world indoor champion and Olympic silver medallist was third in Budapest and has been in constant two-metre kind in 2025, breaking her Oceania document in Zurich.Eleanor Patterson AUS (1.97m)The 2022 world champion and 2023 runner-up was third within the Olympics has not fairly reached that stage in 2025.Vashti Cunningham USA (1.97m)The 2016 world indoor champion solely has a world bronze in 2019 from her seven international outside championships however did have a formidable US title win this yr.
British problem: Morgan Lake, fourth in Budapest, loved a effective win in London and broke the British document with 2.00m in Zurich.
AW prediction: 1 Mahuchikh UKR 2.05m; 2 Olyslagers AUS 2.01m; 3 Patterson AUS 2.01m. Greatest Brit: 6 Lake 1.97m
Males’s pole vault
Ultimate: Monday September 15Championship document: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.21m, 2022Historical past maker: Sergey Bubka UKR – six goldsDefending champion: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.10mOlympic champion: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.25mWorld chief: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.29m
Will Mondo break new floor with 6.30m?
Ones to look at
Mondo Duplantis SWE (6.29m)The double Olympic champion bids for his third world title, having set world data this summer time in Stockholm and Budapest whereas remaining unbeaten. The Championships’ greatest star and favorite.Emmanouil Karalis GRE (6.08m)Moved to fourth all-time along with his Greek title win and the world indoor silver and Olympic bronze medallist is a transparent favorite for second place.Sam Kendricks USA (5.82m)The previous double world champion was second in Paris final yr and received a world indoor bronze however has been down on his finest kind this summer time.Ersu Sasma TUR (5.92m)The European bronze medallist received in Berlin with a Turkish document as he continues his enchancment from fifth in Paris.
British problem: No Britons certified.
AW prediction: 1 Duplantis SWE 6.30m; 2 Karalis GRE 6.00m; 3 Sasma TUR 5.90m
Ladies’s pole vault
Ultimate: Wednesday August 6Championship document: Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 5.01m, 2005Historical past maker: Yelena Isinbayeva RUS – three golds, one bronzeDefending champions: Nina Kennedy AUS/Katie Moon USA 4.90mOlympic champion: Nina Kennedy AUS 4.90mWorld chief: Polina Knoroz RUS 4.86m (Molly Caudery GBR/Katie Moon USA 4.85m)
Individuals blocking Molly Caudery’s path to the highest.
Ones to look at
Katie Moon USA (4.85m)The 2021 Olympic champion goes for a 3rd successive world title (having shared gold with Nina Kennedy in Budapest) and has been in good kind this summer time, profitable in Brussels.Sandi Morris USA (4.83m)The double world indoor champion, who has three world outside silvers, has returned to kind to win the US title and likewise win in Rome.Nina Kennedy AUS (4.90m in 2024)The Olympic and joint world champion has but to compete in 2025 following hamstring surgical procedure.Angelica Moser SUI (4.76m)The European champion indoors and out was third on the world indoors and fourth on the Olympics. Has a better of fifth from 5 outside world championships.
British problem: The 2024 world indoor champion Molly Caudery has been in blended kind this yr however was a convincing winner on the nationwide championships and cleared 4.80m in Brussels. Will likely be within the medal hunt.
AW prediction: 1 Moon USA 4.80m; 2 Morris USA 4.80m; 3 Caudery GBR 4.80m
Males’s lengthy bounce
Ultimate: Wednesday September 17Championship document: Mike Powell USA 8.95m, 1991Historical past maker: Dwight Phillips USA – 5 goldsDefending champion: Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 8.52mOlympic champion: Tentoglou GRE 8.48mWorld chief: Tentoglou GRE 8.46m
Established champion Miltiadis Tentoglou dealing with younger pretender Mattia Furlani.
Ones to look at
Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE (8.46m)The double Olympic champion and triple European winner defends his title and, primarily based on the 2025 kind that noticed him achieve victories on the European Group Championships and London Diamond League, he begins as clear favorite. The one main blip was his fifth place on the World Indoors.Mattia Furlani ITA (8.31m)Received Olympic bronze as an adolescent final yr, landed the world indoor title this winter and has been round 8.30m kind over the summer time.Tajay Gayle JAM (8.34m)The 2019 world champion was third in Budapest two years in the past however has struggled for kind in 2025, aside from one massive early-season bounce.Liam Adcock AUS (8.34m)Has by no means made an out of doors championships closing however moved up a stage with a shock world indoor bronze earlier than profitable in Rome this summer time forward of the likes of Tentoglou.
British problem: Olympic fifth-placer Jacob Fincham-Dukes didn’t qualify.
AW prediction: 1 Tentoglou GRE 8.45m; 2 Furlani ITA 8.44m; 3 Adcock AUS 8.30m
Ladies’s lengthy bounce
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Championship document: Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 7.36m, 1987Historical past maker: Brittney Reese USA – 4 goldsDefending champion: Ivana Vuleta SRB 7.14mOlympic champion: Tara Davis-Woodhall USA 7.10mWorld chief: Tara Davis-Woodhall USA 7.12m
Tara Davis-Woodhall leads the best way however this occasion is broad open.
Ones to look at
Tara Davis-Woodhall USA (7.12m)The 2024 Olympic and world indoor champion was second in Budapest and has been in good kind all summer time with Diamond League wins in Stockholm, Eugene and on the US Championships.Malaika Mihambo GER (7.01m)The double world and 2021 Olympic champion, who was second in Paris final summer time, ought to once more be difficult after wins in London and Berlin.Claire Bryant USA (6.93m (7.01w))The shock world indoor champion has by no means competed in a significant outside championships however has been constant this summer time.Larissa Iapichino ITA (7.06m)Fifth in Budapest and fourth in Paris, the daughter of the 1995 and 2001 champion Fiona Might appears prepared for her maiden international medal after her first 7.00m bounce this summer time.
British problem: The 2023 European Indoor champion Jazmin Sawyers has a better of ninth from her 4 earlier world championships however ought to make the ultimate.
AW prediction: 1 Davis-Woodhall USA 7.11m; 2 Mihambo GER 6.98m; 3 Bryant USA 6.96m. Greatest Brit: 7 Sawyers 6.81m
Males’s triple bounce
Ultimate: Friday September 19Championship document: Jonathan Edwards GBR 18.29m, 1995Historical past maker: Christian Taylor USA – 4 goldsDefending champion: Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 17.64mOlympic champion: Jordan Diaz ESP 17.86mWorld chief: Wu Ruiting CHN 17.68m
Nobody has seized the initiative this yr.
Ones to look at
Donald Scott USA (17.52m)Has been nowhere close to qualifying for finals in earlier international outside championships however produced a strong fourth on the World Indoors and has had outside wins this season in Xiamen, Oslo, Paris and Monaco.Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR (17.21m)Defending champion and 2024 world indoor winner has a full set of world outside medals however was solely fifth on the Olympics and hasn’t hit prime kind in 2025.Jordan Diaz ESP (17.16m)The Olympic and European champion didn’t bounce in any respect in 2025 till August.Andy Hernandez ITA (17.19m)The previous Cuban was third on the Olympics and adopted that up with world and European indoor titles, however has competed sparingly outside.
British problem: There will probably be no Brits in Tokyo, with none ranked inside the highest 100.
AW prediction: 1 Diaz ESP 17.65m; 2 Scott USA 17.59m; 3 Hernandez ITA 17.54m
Ladies’s triple bounce
Ultimate: Thursday September 18Championship document: Inessa Kravets UKR 15.50m, 1995Historical past maker: Yulimar Rojas VEN: 4 goldsDefending champion: Yulimar Rojas VEN 15.08mOlympic champion: Thea LaFond DMA 15.02mWorld chief: Leyanis Perez CUB 14.92m
With four-time champion and world record-holder Yulimar Rojas nonetheless absent, this appears very open.
Ones to look at
Leyanis Perez CUB (14.92m)Third in Budapest and fifth in Paris, however moved up a stage to win world indoor gold after which set world outside leads in Oslo after which Brescia.Jasmine Moore USA (14.68m)An Olympic bronze medallist at each horizontal jumps final summer time however should give attention to simply this occasion after profitable the US title however solely coming fifth within the lengthy bounce.Shanieka Ricketts JAM (14.64m)Received world silver in 2019 and 2022, adopted by silver in Paris. She is competing in her sixth World Championships.Thea LaFond DMA (14.45m)The 2024 Olympic and world indoor champion has solely been fifth on the final two world championships and was fourth this yr indoors. Has not matched her finest kind up to now this yr.
British problem: There received’t be any Brits competing.
AW prediction: 1 Perez CUB 14.95m; 2 Moore USA 14.88m; 3 LaFond DMA 14.69m
Males’s shot put
Ultimate: Saturday September 13Championship document: Ryan Crouser USA 23.51m, 2023History makers: Werner Gunthor SUI/John Godina USA – three goldsDefending champion: Ryan Crouser USA 23.51mOlympic champion: Ryan Crouser USA 22.90mWorld chief: Leonardo Fabbri ITA 22.82m
With Ryan Crouser having not but competed this yr and eight-time international medallist Joe Kovacs lacking, gold could possibly be up for grabs.
Ones to look at
Leonardo Fabbri ITA (22.82m)The European champion who was second in Budapest however solely fifth on the Olympics has been in constant kind in 2025, profitable 11 competitions outside.Josh Awotunde USA (22.47m)The 2022 world bronze medallist received the US title with a giant PB and will probably be eager to enhance on his Budapest effort, the place he didn’t qualify.Ryan Crouser USA (23.56m in 2024)The world record-holder and Olympic and world champion has been nursing a long-term elbow downside however he has a wild card entry and will nonetheless end on the rostrum.Adrian Piperi USA (22.29m)The previous world under-18 champion and double world junior medallist has had no earlier senior outside championships expertise however, after profitable world indoor bronze, set a PB on the US trials and was third in Lausanne.
British problem: Scott Lincoln might go shut to creating the ultimate.
AW prediction: 1 Fabbri ITA 22.41m; 2 Awotunde USA 22.12m; 3 Piperi USA 22.09m
Ladies’s shot put
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Natalya Lisovskaya URS/Valerie Adams NZL 21.24mHistorical past maker: Valerie Adams NZL – 4 golds, one silverDefending champion: Chase Jackson USA 20.43mOlympic champion: Yemisi Ogunleye GER 20.00mWorld chief: Chase Jackson USA 20.95m
Jackson chasing her third world title in a row.
Ones to look at
Chase Jackson USA (20.95m)The double world champion goes for her third on the trot after an Olympic qualifying catastrophe and has dominated most of her competitions in 2025.Sarah Mitton CAN (20.39m)The Commonwealth and double world indoor champion was second in Budapest and will probably be trying to bounce again from coming twelfth on the Olympics.Gong Lijiao CHN (19.79m)Already the proprietor of eight world outside medals (two of them gold) to go together with 5 Olympic prime fives however, at 36, is a way down on her best kind.Yemisi Ogunleye GER (19.67m)A shock Olympic winner after solely ending tenth in Budapest in her solely world championships outing. Was additionally second finally yr’s world indoors however is wanting that kind outside in 2025.
British problem: Britain’s finest are ranked simply outdoors the world’s prime 50.
AW prediction: 1 Jackson USA 20.12m; 2 Ogunleye GER 19.87m; 3 Gong Lijiao CHN 19.85m
Males’s discus
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: Daniel Ståhl SWE 71.46m, 2023Historical past maker: Lars Riedel GER – 5 golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Daniel Ståhl SWE 71.46mOlympic champion: Roje Stona JAM 70.00mWorld chief: Mykolas Alekna LTU 75.56m
With Olympic champion Roje Stona out following his swap from Jamaica to Turkiye, it appears like a three-way title combat between heavyweights.
Ones to look at
Mykolas Alekna LTU (75.56m)Has medals from Eugene, Budapest and Paris however has missed out on senior international gold regardless of world data in each 2024 and 2025. Has Diamond League victories in Eugene, London and Zurich this summer time.Kristjan Ceh SLO (72.36m)The 2022 world champion was second in Budapest however simply outdoors the medals on the Olympics.Daniel Ståhl SWE (70.19m)The defending champion additionally received international golds in 2019 and 2021. He was solely seventh in Paris final summer time however is again to constant kind in 2025.Ralford Mullings JAM (72.01m)Ninth within the Olympics at simply 21 and beat Alekna on the NCAA Championships earlier than throwing an space document in mid-August.Matt Denny AUS (74.78m)Olympic bronze medallist set a giant space document this yr and will probably be eager to win his first world medal after three earlier prime sixes.
British problem: The 2022 European medallist Lawrence Okoye broke the British document this summer time (70.76m) and can hope to go one place higher in qualifying than he did in 2022 and 2023, the place he missed the ultimate by one place. Former NCAA champion Nick Percy additionally certified courtesy of a Scottish document 67.86m.
AW prediction: 1 Alekna LTU 70.23m; 2 Ceh SLO 69.85m; 3 Ståhl SWE 69.12m. Greatest Brit: 6 Okoye 67.45m
Ladies’s discus
Ultimate: Sunday September 14Championship document: Martina Hellmann GDR 71.62m, 1987Historical past maker: Franka Dietzsch GER – three goldsDefending champion:Laulaugu Tausaga-Collins USA 69.49Olympic champion: Valarie Allman USA 69.50mWorld chief: Valarie Allman USA 73.52m
Valarie Allman poised for her first world title win.
Ones to look at
Valarie Allman USA (73.52m)The double Olympic champion went sixth all-time this yr and has been unbeatable in 2025. Will look to enhance on her performances of seventh, third and second at her final three world championships.Laulauga Tausaga USA (70.72m)The shock 2023 world champion didn’t make the US Olympic staff and, aside from an early-season PB in Ramona, hasn’t been competing at world champion stage.Sandra Elkasevic CRO (66.97m)The seven-time European champion was additionally the winner of 4 international golds and eight medals. She was third in Paris and has a medal shot as soon as once more.Yaime Perez CUB (68.18m)The 2019 world champion will probably be competing in her sixth worlds, having missed Budapest and Paris however seemed again to medal-winning kind this summer time.
British problem: The highest-ranked Brit is sixty fifth so there will probably be no rivals on this occasion.
AW prediction: 1 Allman 71.12m; 2 Perez CUB 68.25m; 3 Elkasevic 67.12m
Males’s hammer
Ultimate: Tuesday September 16Championship document: Ivan Tikhan BLR 83.63m, 2007Historical past maker: Pawel Fajdek POL – 5 goldsDefending champion: Ethan Katzberg CAN 81.25mOlympic champion: Ethan Katzberg CAN 84.12mWorld chief: Bence Halasz HUN 83.18m
This appears like being a head-to-head contest between Canada and Hungary.
Ones to look at
Ethan Katzberg CAN (82.73m)The reigning world and Olympic champion has been constant in 2025, too, and hasn’t completed decrease than second in 9 competitions.Bence Halasz HUN (83.18m)The Budapest bronze medallist improved to second in Paris and has been in nice kind this yr, setting a world lead in Budapest and profitable in Chorzow – beating Katzberg every time.Pawel Fajdek POL (78.12m)After profitable 5 successive golds, he dropped to fourth in Budapest and completed within the prime 5 on the Olympics Paris. Ought to problem for a medal once more.Wojciech Nowicki POL (77.03m)5 instances a world medallllst, he nonetheless doesn’t have a gold to his identify and has not been at his finest in 2025.Mykhaylo Kokhan UKR (81.66m)The Olympic bronze medallist has two fifths and a seventh in his previous Worlds appearances.
British problem: Jake Norris flies the flag for Britain on this occasion.
AW prediction: 1 Katzberg CAN 83.24m; 2 Halasz HUN 82.96m; 3 Fajdek POL 78.98m
Ladies’s hammer
Ultimate: Monday September 15Championship document: Anita Wlodarczyk POL 80.85m, 2015Historical past maker: Anita Wlodarczyk POL – 4 goldsDefending champion: Camryn Rogers CAN 77.22mOlympic champion: Camryn Rogers CAN 76.97mWorld chief: Brooke Andersen USA 79.29m
Camryn Rogers can add to her title assortment.
Ones to look at
Camryn Rogers CAN (78.88m)The reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion received in Eugene with a Canadian document and has received 9 of her ten competitions in 2025.Brooke Andersen USA (79.29m)Has topped the rankings the final 4 years and is throwing properly once more this yr however, aside from profitable the 2022 world title, has not replicated her massive throws in main competitions.Silja Kosonen FIN (77.07m)The previous world junior champion is progressing properly, with top-five finishes in each Budapest and Paris. Defeated Rogers early within the season in Bergen.Anita Wlodarczyk POL (74.70m)Now 40, the seven-time international and four-time European champion isn’t at her best however nonetheless received the European Group Championships.
British problem: Anna Buy might repeat her Budapest feat of creating the ultimate once more.
AW prediction: 1 Rogers CAN 77.87m; 2 Kosonen FIN 77.01m; 3 Andersen USA 76.95m. Greatest Brit: 10 Buy 71.98m
Males’s javelin
Ultimate: Thursday September 18Championship document: Jan Zelezny CZE 92.80m, 2001Historical past maker: Jan Zelezny CZE – three golds, two bronzesDefending champion: Neeraj Chopra IND 88.17mOlympic champion: Arshad Nadeem PAK 92.97mWorld chief: Julian Weber GER 91.51m
This might come down to a different fascinating contest between India and Pakistan.
Ones to look at
Neeraj Chopra IND (90.23m)The reigning champion and 2021 Olympic gold medallist was second in Paris however threw past the 90-metre mark for the primary time this yr.Julian Weber GER (91.51m)The 2022 European champion has by no means received a world medal however had three successive fourth locations between 2021 and 2023. Solely sixth in Paris however he set an enormous PB in Doha and overhauled that in profitable the Diamond League closing.Luiz Da Silva BRA (91.00m)The Olympic finalist set an enormous PB within the Brazilian Championships, having already set a South Americn document in ending third on the Paris Diamond League this yr.Arshad Nadeem PAK (86.40m)The Olympic champion was additionally second in Budapest. He doesn’t compete on the worldwide circuit and his solely competitors was profitable the Asian Championships in Might, however he did the identical on the best way to his different medals.
British problem: No Brits will compete.
AW prediction: 1 Chopra IND 91.25m; 2 Nadeem PAK 90.65m; 3 Weber GER 87.65m
Ladies’s javelin
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Osleidys Menendez CUB 71.70m, 2005Historical past maker: Barbora Spotakova CZE – three goldsDefending champion: Haruka Kitaguchi JPN 66.73mOlympic champion: Haruka Kitaguchi JPN 65.80mWorld chief: Victoria Hudson AUT 67.76m
If she will discover her kind, Haruka Kitaguchi has what it takes to ship the house crowd residence pleased.
Ones to look at
Haruka Kitaguchi JPN (64.63m)The reigning world and Olympic champion has not been at her finest up to now in 2025. She received in Oslo however completed simply tenth within the rain in Lausanne.Victoria Hudson AUT (67.76m)The European champion set an Austrian document in Maribor and was fifth in Budapest however was a way wanting making the ultimate in Paris final summer time.Adriana Vilagos SRB (67.22m)The 21-year-old European under-23 champion began the season spectacularly with two world leads and nationwide data. She dropped off barely however received on the Lausanne Diamond League.Elena Tzengko GRE (64.90m)The 2022 European champion was a strong ninth in Paris has received this yr in Xiamen, Shaoxing, Rabat, the European Group Championships and the Balkan Champs.
British problem: Bekah Walton was wanting the mandatory UKA commonplace of 61.00m.
AW prediction: 1 Kitaguchi JPN 67.23m; 2 Vilagos SRB 65.24m; 3 Hudson AUT 64.34m
Decathlon
Ending: Sunday September 21Championship document: Ashton Eaton USA 9045, 2015Historical past maker: Dan O’Brien USA/Tomas Dvorak CZE – three goldsDefending champion:Pierce LePage CAN 8909Olympic champion: Markus Rooth NOR 8796World chief: Sander Skotheim NOR 8909
Olympic champion’s damage opens the door to his fellow Norwegian.
Ones to look at
Sander Skotheim NOR (8909)This yr’s European and world indoor heptathlon champion has had an ideal 2025 with a win and Norwegian document at Götzis. He has made actually progress since solely coming tenth in Budapest and 18th in Paris.Leo Neugebauer GER (8555)Solely fifth in Götzis however was an in depth second in Paris after his two closing occasions have been poor and got here fifth in Budapest.Kyle Garland USA (8869)The US champion failed to complete in Budapest and was eleventh in Eugene however was second in Götzis earlier than a giant enchancment within the trials.Pierce LePage CAN (8909 in 2023)Has not accomplished a decathlon for over two years and, whereas he has competed in 2025, has been a good distance from any particular person PBs this yr.
British problem: No athletes competing.
AW prediction: 1 Skotheim NOR 8924; 2 Neugebauer NOR 8895; 3 Garland GER 8780
Heptathlon
Ending: Saturday September 20Championship document: Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 7128, 1987Historical past maker: Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR/Carolina Kluft SWE – three goldsDefending champion: Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR 6740Olympic champion: Nafissatou Thiam BEL 6880World chief: Anna Corridor USA 7032
Anna Corridor has the proper likelihood to expertise her first golden international second.
Ones to look at
Anna Corridor USA (7032)Bronze in 2022, silver in 2023 and a transparent world chief in 2025 courtesy of going second all-time in Götzis. Completed fifth in Paris however is way fitter in 2025.Nafi Thiam BEL (7013)The triple Olympic and European champion has a mere two golds and a silver from her world championships participation. Has competed calmly at a modest stage in 2025 however can’t be discounted.Sofie Dokter NED (6576)The 22-year-old was second in Götzis after a European indoor silver this yr and a world indoor bronze final yr in addition to an Olympic sixth place.Saga Vanninen FIN (6563)Simple winner of the European U23 title after profitable world and European indoor golds. The previous European junior champion is far improved.
British problem: Two-time champion and Olympic silver medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been beneath prime kind up to now in 2025 however will elevate her sport once more. Jade O’Dowda and Abigail Pawlett be part of her on the staff.
AW prediction: 1 Corridor USA 7065; 2 Thiam BEL 6856; 3 Vanninen FIN 6701. Prime Brit: 4 Johnson-Thompson GBR 6697
Males’s 20km stroll
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Jefferson Perez ECU 1:17:21, 2003Historical past maker: Jefferson Perez ECU – three golds, one silverDefending champion: Alvaro Martin ESP 1:17:32Olympic champion: Daniel Pintado ECU 1:18:55World chief: Toshikazu Yamanishi JPN 1:16:10
There could possibly be one other residence gold medal to have a good time on this occasion.
Ones to look at
Toshikazu Yamanishi JPN (1:16:10)The 2019 and 2022 world champion was solely twenty fourth in Budapest and didn’t make the Olympic staff however has not misplaced since Might of final yr and set a world document in Kobe in February, backed up by a win in La Coruna.Cao Bonfim BRA (1:17:37)Constant performer who was third in Budapest, second in Paris and set a PB this yr.Daniel Pintado ECU (1:17:54 in 2024)The Olympic champion has a better of fifth in his 4 earlier world 20km races however has a greater document at 35km, with a silver in Budapest, and hasn’t raced a 20km this yr.Evan Dunfee CAN (1:17:39)The 2021 Olympic 50km medallist additionally received a world 50km bronze in 2019 however was fourth in Budapest and fifth in Paris over the shorter distance and set a North American document within the winter. Higher at 35km.
British problem: There is not going to be any British athletes in motion.
AW prediction: 1 Yamanishi JPN 1:19:23; 2 Bonfim BRA 1:19:55; 3 Dunfee CAN 1:19:58.
Ladies’s 20km stroll
Ultimate: Saturday September 20Championship document: Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 1:25:41, 2005Historical past maker: Liu Hong CHN – 4 golds, one silverDefending champion: Maria Perez ESP 1:26:51Olympic champion: Jang Jiayu CHN 1:25:54World chief: Elvira Khasanova RUS 1:24:20 (Nanako Fujii JPN 1:26:33)
Maria Perez firmly poised to land one other world title.
Ones to look at
Maria Perez ESP (1:27:22)The world champion was second in Paris and has been unbeatable in 2025.Nanako Fujii JPN (1:26:33)Set a world lead in Kobe and has two top-seven finishes from previous world championships however was solely thirty second in Paris.Kimberly Garcia PER (1:28:11)The double world champion in 2022 was fourth in 2023. Solely got here sixteenth on the Olympics however is again to good kind in 2025.Elizabeth McMillen AUS (1:28:18)Received the World College title on the age of 21 and appears a very good prospect.
British problem: The highest Briton was world ranked 216th so there will probably be no consultant.
AW prediction: 1 Perez ESP 1:26:44; 2 Fujii JPN 1:26:50; 3 Garcia PER 1:26:54
Males’s 35km stroll
Ultimate: Saturday September 13Championship document: Massimo Stano ITA 2:23:14, 2022History maker (inc 50km): Robert Korzeniowski POL – three golds, one bronzeDefending champion: Alvaro Martin ESP 2:24:30Olympic champion: occasion not contestedWorld chief: Massimo Stano ITA 2:20:43
World record-holder Massimo Stano’s late withdrawal opens the race up.
Ones to look at
Evan Dunfee CAN (2:21:40)The Olympic 50km bronze medallist in 2021 was fourth on this occasion in Budapest and this yr set ashort-lived 35km world document.Christopher Linke GER (2:23:21)Fifth in Budapest on this occasion and 20km and this yr has been a strong second in Dudince and Podebrady.Hayato Katsuki JPN (2:24:38)Solely thirtieth within the Olympic 20km stroll in 2021 however received the Asian Race Strolling Championships occasion in Nomi in March.
British problem: Nationwide champion Cameron Corbishley takes to the roads of Tokyo.
AW prediction: 1 Dunfee CAN 2:22:05; 2 Linke GER 2:22:40; 3 Katsuki JPN 2:23:01
Ladies’s 35km
Ultimate: Saturday September 13Championship document: Maria Perez ESP 2:38:40, 2023History makers: Kimberly Garcia PER/Perez ESP – one goldDefending champion: Maria Perez ESP 2:38:40Olympic champion: not contestedWorld chief: Maria Perez ESP 2:38:59
Can Maria Perez full a golden double?
Ones to look at
Maria Perez ESP (2:38:59)The double world champion in 2023 was second within the Paris 20km and this yr has received all her races, together with a European Group Champs win over 50km.Antonella Palmisano ITA (2:39:55)The 2021 Olympic champion at 20km received the European title on the shorter occasion in Rome final yr however failed to complete on the Olympics. Second to Perez over 50km in Podebrady.Ma Li CHN (2:40:49)The quickest Chinese language athlete in 2025 after a win in Hefei to enter the world all-time prime ten and was additionally second within the Asian Championships at 20km.Paula Torres ECU (2:44:26)The Olympic 20km ninth-placer is simply 24 years previous and, in her first yr at 35km, she received in Dudince.
British problem: No Brits are within the rankings.
AW prediction: 1 Perez ESP 2:42:56; 2 Torres ECU 2:43:35; 3 Palmisano ITA 2:44:34
Males’s 4x100m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: Jamaica 37.04, 2011Historical past maker: Usain Bolt JAM – 4 golds, one silverDefending champion: USA 37.38Olympic champion: Canada 37.50World chief: South Africa 37.61
One other USA v Jamaica battle awaits.
Ones to look at
USA (37.66)The defending champions have been second on the World Relays this yr however have drawn a clean within the final 5 Olympics and are inconsistent with their changeovers.South Africa (37.61)This yr’s World Relays winners have been additionally second on the Olympics, however they haven’t received a world medal since taking gold in 2001.Jamaica (37.80)The world record-holders have been late qualifiers due to a fast win in London after failing to make the Olympic closing however, with a few of the quickest sprinters on the planet, ought to a minimum of match their third place in Budapest.Japan (37.84)With residence help the 2017 and 2019 medallists might surpass their fifth locations in Budapest andParis.British problem: The Olympic bronze medallists have been third and fourth on the previous two world championships and must be in an analogous place in Tokyo.
AW prediction: 1 USA 37.34; 2 Jamaica 37.56; 3 Japan 37.80. Prime Brit: 4th 37.81
Ladies’s 4x100m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: USA 41.03, 2023Historical past maker: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM: 4 golds, 4 silversDefending champion: USA 41.03Olympic champion: USA 41.78World chief: Nice Britain 41.69
Nice Britain able to mount a problem to the USA and Jamaica.
Ones to look at
USA (41.74)The world and Olympic champions have the strongest squad and you must return to 2009 once they final didn’t win a medal.Netherlands (42.02)The European champions and European Group Championships winners this yr have surprisingly by no means received a world medal on this occasion.Jamaica (42.33)The 2021 Olympic champions have been second on the 2022 and 2023 world championships however completed out of the medals in Paris.Germany (42.52)The Olympic bronze medal winners have a robust and properly organised quartet and haven’t been outdoors the highest six in a world closing since 2011.
British problem: The Olympic silver medallists are the quickest on this planet this yr and have gold medal potential after being third in Budapest and second in Paris.
AW prediction: 1 USA 41.40; 2 GBR 41.55; 3 Jamaica 41.87
Males’s 4x400m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: USA 2:54.29, 1993Historical past maker: LaShawn Merritt USA – six goldsDefending champion: USA 2:57.31Olympic champion: USA 2:54:43World chief: South Africa 2:57.50
USA dealing with an actual menace from Botswana and Britain.
Ones to look at
USA (2:58.68)The Individuals haven’t misplaced a world closing since ending second in 2017 and they need to have the quickest quartet but once more.South Africa (2:57.50)Received the World Relays in a nationwide document. Haven’t received a world medal since 2011 and will enhance upon their fifth place from Paris.Belgium (2:58.19)The European champions have been second within the World Relays after fourth place in Paris and will probably be battling for medals as traditional.Botswana (2:58.27)The Olympic silver medallists are certain to raised their earlier finest world championships efficiency of sixth in 2022 and will push the USA all the best way.
British problem: If Matt Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson, Sam Reardon and Lewis Davey are totally match they could possibly be proper within the combine and higher their Budapest and Paris bronzes.
AW prediction: 1 USA 2:55.50; 2 GBR 2:55.90; 3 Botswana 2:56.15
Ladies’s 4x400m
Ultimate: Sunday September 21Championship document: USA 3:16.71, 1993Historical past maker: Allyson Felix USA – six golds, one silverDefending champion: NED 3:20.72Olympic champion: USA 3:15.27World chief: USA 3:23.24 USA’s firepower more likely to win out as soon as once more.
Ones to look at
USA (3:23.24)Apart from 2023, once they have been disqualified within the qualifying rounds, their final international loss was in 2015, once they have been second, and they need to have an excessive amount of power for all of their opponents.Netherlands (3:24.34 indoors)The Olympic silver medallists are the defending champions and, as ever, are closely reliant onFemke Bol.Spain (3:24.13)Sprang a giant shock by profitable the World Relays however they haven’t made a world closing since 1991.Jamaica (3:37.75)The 2022 and 2023 silver medallists failed to complete in Paris however must be near the medals. Maybe not as sturdy as lately once they have been the USA’s greatest challengers.
British problem: Third in Eugene, Budapest and Paris, Britain have sturdy kids coming by means of to switch a few of the dependable previous members. Relying closely on world indoor champion Amber Anning, they need to win one other medal.
AW prediction: 1 USA 3:16.96; 2 Netherlands 3:19.23; 3 GBR 3:20.01
Blended 4x400m
Ultimate: Saturday September 13Championship document: USA 3:08.80, 2023Defending champion: USA 3:08.80Olympic champion: Netherlands 3:07.43World chief: Poland 3:09.43
One other shootout between the USA and the Netherlands?
Ones to look at
USA (3:09.54)With their 400m assets, the defending champions ought to win simply however they don’t all the time choose the quickest runners and have been crushed within the final two Olympics and on the Eugene World Championships.Netherlands (3:12.92)The Olympic champions ought to have received in Budapest and their power is of their twofemale runners.Poland (3:09.43)The 2021 Olympic champions set the world lead within the European Group Championships however have been solely eighth in Budapest and seventh in Paris.Jamaica (3:11.10)The 2019 silver medallists have been fifth in Paris however ought to place larger given their one-lap power and in the event that they choose their strongest quartet.
British problem: The Budapest silver medallists and Paris bronze medallists might win gold in the event that they get their finest males to compete however, like many groups, the blended relay doesn’t take precedence.
AW prediction: 1 USA 3:07.42; 2 Jamaica 3:08.05; 3 Netherlands 3:09.01. Greatest Brit: 4th 3:09.23
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