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Sean Ingle in Tokyo

Duplantis, humidity and Gout Gout: what to look out for at World Athletics Championships

Armand Duplantis, Gout Gout and Beatrice Chebet.
Armand Duplantis, Gout Gout and Beatrice Chebet will be chasing gold in Tokyo. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

When does it start?

The action kicks off at 11.30pm BST Friday night (7.30am local time) with the men’s and women’s 35km race walk. But do not worry about having to mainline caffeine for the next nine days to watch Noah Lyles, Keely Hodgkinson, Mondo Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon go for gold. All the track finals will be staged in the evening in Tokyo, between 11am and 2.30pm BST, and be shown on the BBC in the UK. The championships end on Sunday 21 September.

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