In the high-stakes 100 Sha’Carri Richardson will look to fend off Budapest silver medalist Shericka Jackson and 2-time Olympic titlist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. (KEVIN MORRIS)
WE HAVE LISTED our Top 10 in each event. Any Team USA members who don’t make the Top 10 are listed in alphabetical order at the end. The right-hand column is the athlete’s placing in last year’s T&FN World Rankings (nr = not ranked). For the relays, the numbers indicate place, if any, in last year’s WC.
The two mixed-sex relays are listed in both the men’s and women’s compilations, but personnel remain very much in question.
All charts are based on the best information available as of July 28 (meaning that final entry lists were known, but not actual start lists), so the presence of an athlete’s name doesn’t guarantee they’ll contest the event.
It’s not known which combination of events Sifan Hassan will attempt: she’s entered in the 1500, 5000, 10,000 & marathon and at one point hinted at a quadruple.
Our picks will NOT be updated as the meet progresses.
Can Faith Kipyegon win the 1500/5000 double as in Budapest last summer? Can Sifan Hassan upset the chart and claim 5K gold as she did in Tokyo? (GLADYS CHAI)
10,000 METERS
1.
Beatrice Chebet
(Kenya)
2.
Sifan Hassan
(Netherlands)
4
3.
Tsige Gebreselama
(Ethiopia)
nr
4.
Fotyen Tesfay
(Ethiopia)
NR
5.
Lilian Rengeruk
(Kenya)
nr
6.
Sarah Chelangat
(Uganda)
nr
7.
Weini Kelati
(USA)
nr
8.
Margaret Kipkemboi
(Kenya)
nr
9..
Karissa Schweizer
(USA)
nr
10.
Aynadis Mebratu
(Ethiopia)
nr
(other U.S. entry: Parker Valby)
100 HURDLES
1.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
(Puerto Rico)
1
2
Ackera Nugent
(Jamaica)
9
3.
Cyrena Samba-Mayela
(France)
nr
4.
Masai Russell
(USA)
nr
5.
Grace Stark
(USA)
nr
6.
Tobi Amusan
(Nigeria)
3
7.
Alaysha Johnson
(USA)
6
8.
Devynne Charlton
(Bahamas)
10
9.
Ditaji Kambundji
(Switzerland)
nr
10.
Pia Skrzyszowska
(Poland)
nr
400 HURDLES
1.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
(USA)
nr
2.
Femke Bol
(Netherlands)
1
3.
Anna Cockrell
(USA)
6
4.
Rushell Clayton
(Jamaica)
3
5.
Janieve Russell
(Jamaica)
4
6.
Andrenette Knight
(Jamaica)
5
7.
Jasmine Jones
(USA)
nr
8.
Savannah Sutherland
(Canada)
nr
9.
Kemi Adekoya
(Bahrain)
7
10.
Louise Maraval
(France)
nr
MARATHON
1.
Hellen Obiri
(Kenya)
4
2.
Tigst Assefa
(Ethiopia)
2
3.
Sharon Lokedi
(Kenya)
nr
4.
Peres Jepchirchir
(Kenya)
nr
5.
Amane Beriso
(Ethiopia)
5
6.
Sifan Hassan
(Netherlands)
1
7.
Gotytom Gebreslase
(Ethiopia)
nr
8.
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
(Israel)
9
9.
Honami Maeda
(Japan)
nr
10.
Yuka Suzuki
(Japan)
nr
(the Americans: Dakotah Lindwurm, Fiona O’Keeffe, Emily Sisson)
Discus favorite Valarie Allman seeks to become the event’s third repeat winner after Evelin Jahl ( 1976 & ’80) and Sandra Perkovic (2012 & ’16). (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)