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In 2013, 6586 points were enough for Hanna Kasyanova to win in Moscow. The Ukrainian has been entered to defend her title in Beijing, but the 32-year-old's results this year have not been the kind needed for a medal in B...

Lord Coe will "change athletics" if he becomes head of the IAAF, according to double-Olympic champion Mo Farah.

The form book suggests that the battle for the gold medal should be between Germany's two-time defending champion David Storl and US champion Joe Kovacs.

Robert Harting has won the past three world titles, but a new champion will be crowned in Beijing.

For the past three years, Sandra Perkovic has been the irresistible force in the discus.

You have to go back to 14 March to find the last defeat on Pawel Fajdek's otherwise unblemished record in 2015. So it is hard to back against the Pole retaining his world title in Beijing.

Hosts China have assembled 73 athletes on their team for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, their largest ever squad at a world championships, spearheaded by a group of elite race walkers including Olympic champ...

Fresh from her world record earlier this month, Polish hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk heads to Beijing as one of the biggest favourites in any event.

The standard in the men's javelin is the highest it has been for almost a decade.

Since 2012, USA's Ashton Eaton has won all four major championships he has started. The 27-year-old hasn't completed a decathlon in more than two years, but he is still the overwhelming favourite in Beijing.

As official sportswear sponsor of the IAAF, expect adidas to have a very visible presence in both the Bird's Nest Stadium and the surrounding city of Beijing during the forthcoming IAAF World Championships, which will be...

Wayde van Niekerk flew to an African record (since surpassed by Botswana's Isaac Makwala) of 43.96 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris last month. Here the rising one-lap star from South Africa offers his take on...