What: Athletics World Championship, Thursday 18 September.
Where: In Tokyo, Japan, at the National Arena.
When: Ongoing until 21 September.
Schedule: Women, 5,000 meters, heats (12.05), women, high jump, qualifying (12.15), men, javelin, final (12.23), women, 800 meters, heats (12.55), women, triple jump, final (13.55), men, 200 meters, semifinal (14.02), women, 200 meters, semifinal (14.24), men, 800 meters, semifinal (14.45), men, 400 meters, final (15.10), women, 400 meters, final (15.24).
+ High jumper Engla Nilsson surprised when she took European Championship bronze in the spring – indoors in Apeldoorn, Netherlands – and is in Japan to make her World Championship debut. Will she succeed again? Will she make it to the final?
+ Other Swedes competing: Sara Lahti, 5,000 meters, Ellen Ekholm, high jump. Possibly: Maja Åska, triple jump final, Henrik Larsson, semifinal on 200 m, Julia Henriksson and Nora Lindahl, semifinal on 200 m.
+ Star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, USA, jogged through her heat on 400 meters and is chasing new medals in her career. But first, she must get past the semifinal.
