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BBC reporter Jeanette
Kwakye chooses five medal
hopefuls competing in Doha
World Athletics
Championships
The World Athletics Championships
begin in earnest this week as athletes
from around the globe gather in
Doha, Qatar, to battle it out for gold.
After winning two gold medals in
London two years ago, Great Britain
will expect more success from a
72-strong
squad that
includes triple
European champion Dina Asher-
Smith and fellow European
champions Laura Muir, Zharnel
Hughes and Matthew Hudson-Smith.
Here, three-times British
champion Jeanette Kwakye, who’ll
be reporting trackside for the BBC,
selects her biggest medal hopefuls...
DINA ASHER-SMITH
The 23-year-old, who will be running
the 100m and the 200m, is in great form
and is definitely one of the favourites,
especially for the 200m. She set a
s e a s o n ’s b e s t t i m e o f 22. 0 8 s e c o n d s i n
August, so I’m very excited about her
chances. In the 100m, her main rivals
will be the Jamaicans Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson.
W H E N TO WATC H
100m heats, Saturday Semi-finals
& final, Sunday 200m heats, Monday
& Tuesday Final, Wednesday
4x100M RELAY TEAMS
T h e m e n ’s 4 x10 0 m t e a m c o m e i n a s d e fe n d i n g
champions after a brilliant performance in London
two years ago, so they’ll go all out to retain their
title. The women’s sprint relay team won silver in
2017 – and with the likes of Dina Asher-Smith and
A s h a P h i l i p i n t h e s q u a d , t h ey ’l l b e i n c o n t e n t i o n.
W H E N TO WATC H
Heats, Friday Finals, Saturday 5 October
LIVE ATH LE TIC S
From Saturday, BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD,
BBC4 HD & BBC Red Button
FACT BOX
M o r e t h a n 2 , 0 0 0
athletes will be
competing for 192
medals across 10 days.
G B ’s M a r t y n R o o n ey
(4x400m relay squad)
w i l l b e t a k i n g p a r t i n
his British-record-
equalling eighth World
Championships.
The USA topped the
medal table in London
i n 2 017 w i t h 10 g o l d s.
Te a m G B wo n b o t h 4 x10 0 m
relay golds at the 2018
European Championships