World Championships

Track-and-field superstars go for gold in Tokyo

- RICHARD MCCLURE

KEELY HODGKINSON

Team GB finished seventh in the medal table at the last World Athletics Championships, in Budapest two years ago, when Josh Kerr and Katarina Johnson-Thompson returned home with golds as part of a 10-medal haul. They'll be out to better that tally as Tokyo hosts this year's nine-day event, with many of the track-and-field events beginning at night or in the morning for UK viewers due to the eight-hour time difference. Highlights will be on BBC3 (Sat-Fri, 7pm). Here, we pick 10 home-grown and overseas stars who could set the competition alight...

KEELY HODGKINSON