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 This Friday marks the beginning of the World Athletics Championships, which are being held in Eugene, Oregon for the first first time ever on American territory.


Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica are once again the athletes to keep an eye on in the 100-meter sprint. This season, Fraser Pryce has recorded the three fastest times, including a timing of 10.67 seconds, which he achieved in both Nairobi and Paris.

However, she did not perform well enough at the Jamaican nationals to be considered for the final. However, despite the fact that she is a four-time world champion in the event and the current holder of the Olympic silver medal, she had to be given a wild card in order to compete at the world championships.


Thompson-Herah is the reigning Olympic champion in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, having taken first place in both competitions in both 2016 and 2020. However, she has not yet brought home a gold medal from an individual event at the global championships. She ran a 10.54 in 2021 and a 10.79 in 2022 to win the Eugene edition of the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon, which she has done the past two years in a row. She is very fast in Eugene.


However, both of the illustrious sprinters need to keep an eye out for Jackson, who is coming up behind them.

Jackson's time of 10.77 seconds was enough to win the Jamaican trials. She competed in the 100-meter event at the Olympics and earned a bronze medal; she may end up in the winner's circle in Oregon. In the 200-meter race, where she will compete against the American Abby Steiner, she will have an even better chance of winning.


Steiner, who is only 22 years old, will be making her first appearance with Team USA in the world championships. Her time of 21.77 seconds, which she achieved in Eugene, is the fastest of the season thus far. However, Jackson will enter the competition with a time of 21.55, which is the quickest of this year and the third-fastest ever recorded.


After running a timing of 51.41 seconds to win the 400-meter hurdles event at the United States championships in June, Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin will attempt to break the world record in this event once again. The only record in the competition that she has not previously held is the world championships record, which now stands at 52.16 seconds and was established in 2019 by Dalilah Muhammad, who is also from her home country.


After receiving a bye to the world championships, Muhammad will participate. Due to a hamstring injury, she was unable to compete at the U.S. championships that took place a month ago. However, because she was the reigning champion, USATF gave her permission to use her bye.

As a result of her selection to the 4x400-meter mixed relay squad, Allyson Felix will be taking part in her final World Championships competition.


The following is a list of the most important finals that you should watch as the event unfolds. (The times listed are in Eastern Time.)


The 15th of July, Friday:

Saturday, July 16 at 10:50 p.m., NBC Sports will broadcast the 4x400-meter mixed relay.


NBC will air the 10,000-meter race at three o'clock on Sunday, July 17:


Monday, July 18 at 10:50 p.m. and broadcast on NBC: 100 metres


The marathon will begin at 9:15 a.m. on USA.

Peacock at 1,500 metres at 10:50 o'clock at night (delayed broadcast at 11:30 p.m. on USA)

The 20th of July, Wednesday:


3,000-meter steeplechase — 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, in the United States of America:


200 metres — 10:35 p.m. on Friday, July 22 in the United States:


400m — 10:15 p.m. on USA

400m hurdles — 10:50 p.m. on USA

The 23rd of July, Saturday:


5,000m — 9:25 p.m. on NBC

The 4x100-meter relay will begin at 10:30 p.m. on NBC.

Sunday, the 24th of July:


800m — 9:35 p.m. on NBC

100m hurdles — 10 p.m. on NBC

The 4x400-meter relay will air on NBC at 10:50 p.m.

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