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Arshad Nadeem qualifies for World Athletics javelin final in Tokyo

Pakistani star clears 85.28m after surgery, set to face Chopra and Weber in title clash

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Warholm's fourth title no given in Tokyo hurdles showdown

Between them, Olympic champion Rai Benjamin, 2022 world champion Alison dos Santos and Warholm hold the 24 fastest times ever in the event and the world championship final is primed to be a race for the ages

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'Mongrel' spirit drives pole vault queen Kennedy in world title defence

Kennedy has not competed since becoming the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in a field event in Paris last year, having undergone hamstring surgery after three strains in six weeks

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World Athletics boss hails 'overwhelming support' for gene testing ahead of Tokyo worlds

Track and field's governing body's is testing for the SRY gene, which is part of the Y chromosome and causes male characteristics to develop

Runner crossing the finish line at the 2023 Berlin Marathon.
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Kipchoge, Hassan head world-class field as Sydney Marathon goes major

More than 4,000 of Sunday's runners will be looking for a seventh "star" to add to those they have earned by completing the other six races in the World Marathon Majors series

It will be 'big and punchy': Athletics chief Coe looks to future
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It will be 'big and punchy': Athletics chief Coe looks to future

The World Championships arrive in September in Tokyo -- "a massive moment", Coe says, not least because there will be spectators unlike at the Covid-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in the same stadium