Thursday, 18 September 11:55 BST – heats; Friday, 19 September 12:45 BST – semi-finals; Sunday, 21 September 11:35 BST – last
Regardless of being pressured to attend 12 months to compete for the primary time as Olympic champion due to harm, Nice Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson will line up in Tokyo because the gold medal favorite.
The 23-year-old made her return simply 4 weeks earlier than the World Championships, after two torn hamstrings, however clocked the quickest time of 2025 in her comeback and backed that up with one other win finally month’s Lausanne Diamond League.
Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell has determined to focus her full consideration on the 800m, becoming a member of coaching associate Hodgkinson and fellow Briton Jemma Reekie within the battle for the rostrum.
Among the many athletes hoping to disclaim them will likely be Kenya’s reigning champion Mary Moraa, Ethiopia’s Olympic silver medallist Tsige Duguma and Swiss athlete Audrey Werro.