The World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo — Sept. 13-21 on NBC Sports and Peacock — feature 2024 Olympic gold medalists looking to stay atop their events and others hoping to break ground.

That contrast is evident with the two biggest U.S. sprint stars — Noah Lyles, the Olympic 100m champion looking to repeat as world champion in the 100m and 200m — and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, switching from her 400m hurdles dominance to take on the flat 400m, where she is third-fastest in the world in 2025.

Their finals are among the most anticipated on the track over the nine-day meet.

Others eye history of their own, such as a group of four athletes who can make it five global titles in five years in the same individual event: American Ryan Crouser (shot put), Swede Mondo Duplantis (pol

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