World Athletics Championships: A daily guide to the headline acts in Budapest

To the latest showdown between the fastest men on earth, the 100m final has defending champion Fred Kerley possibly leading a US sweep, team-mate Noah Lyles certainly in contention too, unless new British record holder Zharnel Hughes and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala have their say first. Italy’s Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs remains eerily quiet.

Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou, so close before, might yet upset them all, while just before Grant Holloway will attempt to win a third consecutive World title for the US in the sprint hurdles.

Femke Bol will face 10 hurdles in the 400m hurdles final, such is her dominance this season that should be the only concern for the Dutch woman, the sprint hurdles final possibly with Irish interest in Sarah Lavin.Two half-lap sprint showdowns take centre stage, and 14 years after Usain Bolt ran his 19.19 world record in Berlin, can Noah Lyles from the US come even close? He’s talking a big show, only Bolt’s record looks safe.

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