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The Furthest (7 August, Session 6)
The world's furthest female throwers take to the stage in the hammer on Monday night, and this presents fans with the best opportunity of seeing a world record smashed over the 10 days of action. Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk is possibly the most dominant athlete on the planet and has broken the world record in the final of both the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games. Wlodarczyk recently threw the second furthest throw ever, suggesting she is ready to obliterate her own world record again. If being present to history being made is your thing, this is the event to be at.
There is also significant home interest in the shape of Olympic bronze medallist Sophie Hitchon. The 26-year-old former ballet dancer has a knack of producing her best efforts under the pressure of championship finals. On home soil with a packed house screaming her on, Hitchon could deliver yet again.
The Fastest (6 August, Session 5)
The women's 100m final caps off an action-packed session, with eight of the world's greatest sprinters vying for the title of the world's fastest woman. This is your chance to see double Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, who enters the IAAF World Championships in flying form as the world's quickest in the 100m. Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers is one athlete with the tools to defeat the Jamaican while USA's Olympic silver medallist Tori Bowie is also a fierce competitor with proven ability to challenge.
Great Britain have three athletes hoping to make their mark in the London Stadium. Desiree Henry, Asha Philip and Daryll Neita – three of GB's bronze medal-winning 4x100m quartet from Rio – will all look to perform in their home city. Philip was victorious at the European Indoor Championships over the 60m and despite being just 26, she is the experienced head of the trio. Henry is ranked no.1 in the UK while Neita, just 20, is fast improving.
The Highest (6 August, Session 5)
A height of around five metres is likely to be needed to claim gold in the women's pole vault, and there is a clutch of athletes capable of producing championship-winning vaults. Any one of six or seven women could come out on top in arguably the most daring event on the calendar. Olympic champion Ekaterini Stefanidi, world champion Yarisley Silva, indoor world record-holder Jenn Suhr and all-time no.2 Sandi Morris are just four athletes with gold in their sights.
Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw also has her eyes on making a global podium outdoors for the first time. Ranked sixth in the world in 2017, she is challenging among the best. She's twice broken her own British record this year and is determined to come away from London with something to show for her progress.
The Best (6 August, Session 5)
The night where 2015 heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will stand on top of the podium to be presented her 2011 gold medal also marks a fitting conclusion of two grueling days of competition and will culminate in the crowning of her successor. Belgium's Olympic champion Nafi Thiam goes into the event with the weight of expectation upon her as one of the world's most talented athletes. Having smashed through the elusive 7000-point barrier earlier this year in the seven-discipline event to follow up from her gold in Rio last year, Thiam is the in-form athlete this year.
The home nation has a history of producing high quality multi-event athletes and Katarina Johnson-Thompson is the latest in a long line to make an impact on the senior stage. She suffered misfortune two years ago in Beijing when she recorded a no-mark in the long jump for zero points, but has made changes and steps forwards since then, registering a lifetime best score back in May. Young and unknown at the 2012 Olympics, Johnson-Thompson now demands more from herself, and her showdown with the world's best all-round athletes will be a highlight of the championships.
The IAAF World Championships London 2017 take place from 4-13 August at the London Stadium and is the biggest sporting event of 2017.
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Source: London 2017
