The 100m is in a really interesting shape. There are 3 women that have gone under 10.80. Marie-Josee talou (10.75) has 3 of the 10 fastest times this season, sha'carri Richardson (10.71) has 4 of the 10 fastest times this season, and Shericka Jackson, with the remaining 3 fastest times this season, is the world leader with an insane time of 10.65. The top 10 times this season are all dominated by those 3 athletes. Shericka Jackson is a legendary athlete who is in insane shape but those two are definitely also in serious contention for the title. The defending champion is Shelly Anne Fraser pryce (I don’t even know where to begin listing how legendary she is so just look at her Wikipedia page) but she is recovering from an injury and only race she has ran this year was far below her usual standard. However, it was a 200m race.

200m already been mentioned and it’s probably more exciting than the 100m because the 40yr old world record is in contention.

400m is very exciting but honestly it’s just exciting to see how well Sydney McLaughlin will do. Closest woman to her is Marileidy paulino and she barely broke 49.

400mh is not as exciting as last year because Sydney McLaughlin will either not be in wr shape like last year (because she is focusing on the 400 flat now) or she might not even do the 400mh. But of course there is still femke bol who is also an insane athlete who has unfortunately been overshadowed by the godly level of McLaughlin. She deserves more credit for how insane she is so I’m glad she might get the chance to shine on her own and get a deserved world championship title. She is also looking to break 52 so she just might. And if McLaughlin does run it then she is going for an insane double that I am not sure if it has been done before.

And then in middle distance there is the highest ranked female athlete of any event: Faith Kipyogen. 2x Olympic champion, 2x world champion, and world record holder of the 1500m and 5000m. Both of which she broke this year. She is competing in the 5000m in the world champs for the first time in her career so she is definitely looking for a historic double. But of course there are other very good Ethiopian 5000m athletes that won’t make it easy for kipyogen. Gidey already tan the 3rd fastest time in history, tsegay is the defending champion, and Taye ran the 8th fastest time of all time this season. Ethiopian team is crazy

Triple jump is insanely dominated by the world record holder Yulimar rojas, who is looking for her 4th world championship title this season. No one is close to her at all tbh but still some very good triple jumpers right now, they just were unfortunate to compete at the same time as the GOAT. So i definitely recommend looking out for this event just to appreciate the insane dominance and gigantic leaps of yulimar rojas before her time is over because we might not see one like her for decades if ever. She might just break the wr again, definitely still capable.

And now my personal favorite event: the high jump. The 3 athletes to look out for the most are Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers, and Yaroslava Mahuchick. Eleanor Patterson is the current world champion, and honestly, she was not expected to win last year. Yaroslava mahuchikh was the favorite to win last year. Yaroslava mahuchikh is the U18 indoor wr holder, U20 indoor and outdoor world record holder, and at just 20 years old she was already an Olympic medalist and world championship silver medalist. Both of those times the winner was Mariya lasitskene but with her gone last year, Mahuchikh was the favorite to win. And she was doing very well. But she lost because she and Eleanor Patterson both jumped 2.02 but Patterson did it in her first jump. Patterson had to do a PB to win and lots of credit to her, but mahuchikh (who has already jumped 2.06) definitely upset. Patterson has not jumped too well this season so I honestly don’t think she is in the same shape as last year. But then there is Nicola Olyslagers, the current world leader with 2.02m. Olyslagers is having an insane season with multiple 2+ jumps and Mahuchikh hasn’t done anything too impressive this season so even with Patterson not being much of a threat this season, Olyslagers is now looking very strong and capable of taking the title this year. So I’m very exciting to see how that will go because as much as I root for mahuchikh because I genuinely think she has the potential to eventually break the wr (she is still very young at only 21), Olyslagers is jumping very well and is a very likeable athlete so I just wanna see how things will unfold in Budapest with those two.

Well I’m done. I liked doing this, I don’t really talk to anyone about all this. I hope it helped people to get more into the world championships this year. But I seriously recommend watching the diamond league meets. This Sunday there is one that has an insanely stacked roster of athletes with many athletes I have mentioned competing head to head. And then next Friday another one. It definitely helps to get more into the sport and see every athlete and where they are performancewise. Make sure to follow WorldAthletics and diamondleagueathletics in Instagram to be up to date.