Armand Duplantis Pursues Gold at Tokyo Athletics World Championship

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Armand Duplantis Pursues Gold at Tokyo Athletics World Championship
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World Championship gold in Eugene 2022 and World Championship gold in Budapest 2023. Now Armand Duplantis is in the Japanese capital Tokyo and is chasing a new precious medal.

What: Athletics World Championship, September 15.

Where: In Tokyo, Japan, at the National Arena.

When: Ongoing until September 21.

TV/radio: SVT, SVT Play/Radiosporten.

Schedule: Men, marathon, final (01.00), men, hammer, qualification (02.00), women, pole vault, qualification (02.05), women, 3,000 meters steeplechase, heats (02.15), men, hammer, qualification (03.45), women, 400 meters hurdles, heats (04.20).

Men, 400 meters hurdles, heats (12.35), men, long jump, qualification (12.40), men, pole vault, final (13.10), men, 110 meters hurdles, heats (13.20), women, hammer, final (14.00), women, 100 meters hurdles, semifinal (14.05), men 1,500 meters, semifinal (14.30), men, 3,000 meters steeplechase, final (14.55), women, 100 meters hurdles, final (15.20).

+ Athletics' megastar Armand Duplantis is tonight's big number at the National Arena in Tokyo. Will he take his third consecutive World Championship gold outdoors? Will it be a world record?

+ Also, Suldan Hassan and Ebba Tulu Chala are running the marathon.

+ Thobias Montler left the Olympic Games in Paris in disappointment, now he is aiming for revenge in Tokyo and starts – just like many other Swedes – by qualifying.

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