IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: All you need to know about the event, full schedule and Indian participation

All eyes will be on Usain Bolt and Mo Farah as they take to the track one last time in the IAAF World Championships starting on 4 August in London. [caption id=“attachment_3885807” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] IAAF World Athletics Championships medals.
Image courtesy: Twitter @IAAFWorldChamps[/caption] The 10-day event ending on 13 August will see athletes from 205 countries compete in 26 different events. Amid a lot of controversies over selection procedures and the last-minute addition of Dutee Chand for the 100 metres, India now has a 25-athlete contingent in the championships. Indian athletes are competing in 10 events in the championships with 2017 Asian Athletics champions Neeraj Chopra and Lakshmanan Govindan looking to continue their good form. The schedule for the IAAF World Athletics Championships is as follows (Time in IST), events in which Indians are participating are denoted by (*): Day 1, 4 August, Friday Gold Medal events: Men’s 10,000m Top Athletes: Usain Bolt (100m), Mo Farah (10,000m), Laura Muir (1,500m) Indian athletes: Lakshmanan Govindan (10,000m) Evening session 23:30 - Men’s 100m preliminary 23:50 - Men’s discus qualifying 00:00 (5 August) - Men’s long jump qualifying 00:05 (5 August) - Women’s 1500m qualifying 00:15 (5 August) - Women’s pole vault qualifying 00:50 (5 August)- Men’s 100m first round 01:15 (5 August)- Men’s discus qualifying 01:50 (5 August) - Men’s 10,000m final* Day 2, 5 August, Saturday Gold Medal events: Men’s 100m, women’s 10,000m, men’s long jump, men’s discus Top Athletes: Usain Bolt(100m), Wayde van Niekerk (400m), Johnson-Thompson (Heptathlon), Laura Muir (1,500m) Indian athletes: Swapna Barman (Heptathlon), Muhammed Anas Yahiya (400m), Dutee Chand (100m) Morning session  14:30 - Men’s shot put qualifying 14:35 - Heptathlon 100m* 15:05 - Women’s hammer throw qualifying 15:15 - Men’s 400m first round* 15:30 - Women’s triple jump qualifying 16:00 - Heptathlon high jump* 16:15 - Women’s 100m first round* 16:35 - Women’s hammer throw qualifying 17:15 - Men’s 800m first round Evening session 23:30 - Heptathlon shot put* 23:35 - Men’s 100m semi-finals 23:56 - Men’s discus final 00:05 (6 August) - Women’s 1500m semi-finals 00:35 (6 August)- Men’s long jump final 00:40 (6 August)- Women’s 10,000m final 01:30 (6 August)- Heptathlon 200m* 02:15 (6 August)- Men’s 100m final Day 3, 6 August, Sunday Gold Medal events: Men’s and women’s marathons, heptathlon, women’s pole vault, men’s shot put, women’s 100m Top Athletes: Wayde van Niekerk(400m), Johnson-Thompson(Heptathlon), Elaine Thompson (100m) Indian athletes: Swapna Barman(Heptathlon), Siddhanth Thingalaya (110m hurdles), Dutee Chand (100m), Gopi Thonakal (marathon), Monika Athare (marathon), Muhammed Anas Yahiya (400m), Nirmala Sheoran (400m) Morning Session 14:30 - Heptathlon long jump* 14:35 - Men’s 3,000m steeplechase first round 15:10 - Men’s pole vault qualifying 15:25 - Men’s marathon 15:35 - Men’s 400m hurdles first round 16:15 - Heptathlon javelin qualifying* 16:25 - Women’s 400m first round* 17:30 - Heptathlon javelin* 17:45 - Men’s 110m hurdles first round* 18:30 - Women’s marathon* Evening session 23:30 - Women’s pole vault final 23:35 - Women’s javelin qualifying 23:40 - Women’s 100m semi-finals* (depending on qualifying results) 00:10 (7 August) - Men’s 400m semi-finals* (depending on qualifying results) 00:40 (7 August) - Men’s 100m hurdles semi-finals 01:00 (7 August) - Women’s javelin qualifying 01:05 (7 August) - Men’s shot put final 01:10 (7 August) - Heptathlon 800m (final event) 01:45 (7 August) - Men’s 800m semi-finals 02:20 (7 August) - Women’s 100m final* (depending on qualifying results) Day 4, 7 August, Monday Gold Medal events: Women’s hammer, women’s triple jump, men’s 110m hurdles, women’s 1500m Top Athletes: Omar McLeod (110m hurdles), Laura Muir (1500m) Indian athletes: Siddhanth Thingalaya (110m hurdles - depending on qualification), Nirmala Sheoran (400m) Evening session 23:00 - Men’s 200m first round 23:05 - Men’s triple jump qualifying 23:30 - Women’s hammer throw final 00:00 (8 August) - Women’s 400m hurdles first round 00:50 (8 August) - Men’s 400m hurdles semi-final 00:55 (8 August) - Women’s triple jump final 01:25 (8 August) - Women’s 400m semi-final* (depending on qualifying results) 02:00 (8 August) - Men’s 110m hurdles final* (depending on qualifying results) 02:20 (8 August) - Women’s 1500m final Day 5, 8 August, Tuesday Gold Medal events: Women’s javelin, men’s pole vault, men’s 3,000m steeplechase, men’s 800m, men’s 400m Top Athletes: Renaud Lavillenie (Pole vault), Nijel Amos(800m), Wayde van Niekerk (400m) Indian athletes: Muhammed Anas Yahiya (400m - depending on qualification) Evening session 23:50 - Women’s javelin final 00:00 (9 August) - Women’s 200m first round 00:05 (9 August) - Men’s pole vault final 01:05 (9 August) - Women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals 01:10 (9 August) - Women’s shot put qualifying 01:40 (9 August) - Men’s 3,000m steeplechase final 02:05 (9 August) - Men’s 800m final 02:22 (9 August) - Men’s 400m final* (depending on qualifying results) Day 6, 9 August, Wednesday Gold Medal events: Women’s shot put, men’s 400m hurdles, women’s 400m Top Athletes:  Mo Farah (5000 m), Kerron Clement(400 m hurdles), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (400m) Indian athletes: Nirmala Sheoran (400m - depending on qualification) Evening session 23:35 - Women’s 3,000m steeplechase first round 23:40- Women’s long jump qualifying 23:50 - Men’s hammer throw qualifying 00:35 (10 August) - Men’s 5,000m first round 00:55 (10 August) - Women’s shot put final 01:20 (10 August) - Men’s hammer qualifying 01:25 (10 August) - Men’s 200m semi-finals 02:03 (10 August) - Men’s 400m hurdles final 02:20 (10 August) - Women’s 400m final* (depending on qualifying results) Day 7, 10 August, Thursday Gold Medal events: Men’s triple jump, women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 200m Top Athletes: Wayde van Niekerk (200m), Laura Muir (5000m) Indian athletes: Neeraj Chopra and Davinder Singh (Javelin) Evening session 23:00 - Women’s 5,000m first round 23:35 - Men’s javelin qualifying* 23:40 - Women’s high jump qualifying 23:55 - Women’s 800m qualifying 00:50 (11 August) - Men’s triple jump final 00:55 (11 August) - Men’s 1500m qualifying 01:05 (11 August) - Men’s javelin qualifying* (depending on qualifying results) 01:35 (11 August) - Women’s 200m semi-final 02:05 (11 August) - Women’s 400m hurdles final 02:22 (11 August) - Men’s 200m final Day 8, 11 August, Friday Gold Medal events: Women’s long jump, men’s hammer, women’s 3000m steeplechase, women’s 200m Top Athletes: Robbie Grabarzayde (High Jump), Daffne Schippers (200m) Indian athletes: None Morning session 14:30 - Men’s 100m decathlon 14:40 - Women’s discus qualifying 15:15 - Women’s 100m hurdles qualifying 15:35 - Men’s long jump decathlon 15:45 - Men’s high jump qualifying 16:05 - Women’s discus qualifying 17:25 - Men’s shot put decathlon Evening session 21:30 - Men’s high jump decathlon 23:35 - Women’s 100m hurdles semi-final 23:40 - Women’s long jump final 00:05 (12 August) - Women’s 800m semi-final 00:40 (12 August) - Men’s 1,500m semi-final 01:00 (12 August) - Men’s hammer final 01:15 (12 August) - Men’s 400m decathlon 01:55 (12 August) - Women’s 3,000m steeplechase final 02:20 (12 August) - Women’s 200m final Day 9, 12 August, Saturday  Gold Medal events: Women’s high jump, women’s 100m hurdles, men’s javelin, men’s 5,000m, men’s decathlon, women’s and men’s 4x100m relay Top Athletes: Kendra Harrison (100m hurdles), Mo Farah (5,000m), Usain Bolt (4x100m) Indian athletes: Lakshmanan Govindan (5000m); Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob, Kunhu Mohammed, Mohan Kumar Raja, Sachin Roby, Muhammed Anas Yahiya (4x400m); Poovamma Raju Machettira, Jisna Mathew, Anilda Thomas, Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan, Nirmala Sheoran (4x400m); Davinder Singh and Neeraj Chopra (Javelin) Morning session 14:30 - Men’s 110m hurdles decathlon 15:05 - Women’s 4x100m relay qualifying 15:25 - Men’s 4x100m relay qualifying 15:30 - Discus throw decathlon 15:50 - Women’s 4x400m relay qualifying* 16:20 - Men’s 4x400m relay qualifying* 16:50 - Men’s discus throw decathlon 18:00 - Men’s pole vault decathlon Evening Session 22:00 - Men’s javelin decathlon 23:25 - Men’s javelin decathlon 23:35 - Women’s high jump final 00:35 (13 August) - Women’s 100m hurdles final 00:45 (13 August) - Men’s javelin final* 00:50 (13 August) - Men’s 5,000m final* 01:15 (13 August) - Men’s 1500m decathlon 02:00 (13 August) - Women’s 4x100m relay final 02:20 (13 August) - Men’s 4x100m relay, final Day 10, 13 August, Sunday Gold Medal events: Men’s and women’s 20km race walks, men’s and women’s 50km race walks, men’s high jump, women’s discus, women’s 5,000m, women’s 800m, men’s 1500m, women’s and men’s 4x400m relay Top Athletes: Castor Semenya (800m), Laura Muir (5,000m) Indian athletes: Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob, Kunhu Mohammed, Mohan Kumar Raja, Sachin Roby,Muhammed Anas Yahiya (4x400m); Poovamma Raju Machettira, Jisna Mathew, Anilda Thomas, Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan, Nirmala Sheoran (4x400m); Khushbir Kaur (20km);  Irfan Kolothum Thodi (20km walk), Devender Singh (20km walk) and Ganapathi Krishnan (20km walk) Morning Session 12:15 - Men’s and women’s 50km race walks 16:50 - Women’s 20km race walk* 18:50 - Men’s 20km race walk* Evening Session 23:30 - Men’s high jump final 23:40 - Women’s discus throw final 00:05 (14 August) - Women’s 5,000m final 00:40 (14 August) - Women’s 800m final 01:00 (14 August) - Men’s 1500m final 01:25 (14 August) - Women’s 4x400m relay final* 01:45 (14 August) - Men’s 4x400m relay final*