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.
IAAF World Athletics Championships medals.
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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*
Updated Date: Aug 05, 2017 13:22 PM
