Final:&nbsp;Sunday 13 Sep, 18:13
Contenders: Keshorn Walcott (TTO) 🌍 Arshad Nadeem (PAK) 🏅 Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage (SRI) 💎 Anderson Peters (GRN) Julian Weber (GER) Curtis Thompson (USA) Julius Yego (KEN) Dawid Wegner (POL)
World lead: 92.62m Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage (SRI) Rome, 4 Jun <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/all/men/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/javelin-throw/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 98.48m Jan Železn&yacute; (CZE) Jena, 25 May 1996 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/javelin-throw/all/men/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/17622?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>World leader Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage arrives as Diamond League and Commonwealth champion after a breakthrough 92.62m season</li>
<li>European champion Julian Weber is the only other entrant to have surpassed 90 metres in 2026</li>
<li>World champion Keshorn Walcott and Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem add to an eight-man field packed with global title winners</li>
</ul>
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage has transformed himself from emerging contender to the dominant force in men's javelin during a remarkable 2026 season.
The Sri Lankan made the biggest statement in Rome in June, launching his javelin out to a national record of 92.62m. It moved him to eighth on the world all-time list and more than two metres clear of anyone else in the world at that stage of the season.
And Pathirage has repeatedly backed it up. He won Diamond League meetings in Rome, Doha, Lausanne and Zurich, where he produced another huge throw of 92.07m, before securing his first Diamond Trophy with 89.04m in Brussels.
He has also delivered when championship medals have been on the line, throwing 89.75m to win the Commonwealth title in Glasgow ahead of Neeraj Chopra.
Julian Weber has been his closest rival on the 2026 world list. The German produced 90.40m to win his first European title in Birmingham last month and followed that with 89.54m in Berlin, underlining the consistency of his late-season form.
But major championship pedigree is everywhere in Budapest. Keshorn Walcott returns as the reigning world champion after his victory in Tokyo last year, where Anderson Peters took silver and Curtis Thompson bronze. Peters, the world champion in 2019 and 2022, has improved to 86.93m this season, while Thompson has reached 87.59m.
Dawid Wegner is another athlete peaking at the right moment. The Pole produced a lifetime best of 87.47m to finish second to Pathirage at the Diamond League Final, adding more than four metres to the mark with which he had placed fourth at the European Championships.
Kenya's 2015 world champion Julius Yego and Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem complete a field containing five men with lifetime bests beyond 90 metres.
Pathirage has been the outstanding thrower of the year, but in the Ultimate's four-round format, one big throw from any of this decorated field could be enough to change the story.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

World Athletics Ultimate Championship

A pre-competition look at the men's javelin at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's javelin

Semifinals:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 18:46 Final:&nbsp;Sunday 13 Sep, 18:08
Contenders: Anna Cockrell (USA) 💎 Emma Zapletalov&aacute; (SVK) Jasmine Jones (USA) Rushell Clayton (JAM) Gianna Woodruff (PAN) Dalilah Muhammad (USA) Kemi Adekoya (BRN) Amalie Iuel (NOR) Fatoumata Binta Diallo (POR) Paulien Couckuyt (BEL) Ayomide Folorunso (ITA) Sanique Walker (JAM) Ashley Miller (ZIM) Shiann Salmon (JAM) Lina Nielsen (GBR) Shamier Little (USA) S&aacute;ra M&aacute;t&oacute; (HUN)
World lead: 52.13 Anna Cockrell (USA) Zurich, 27 Aug <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/hurdles/400-metres-hurdles/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400mh/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 50.37 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) Paris, 8 Aug 2024 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/hurdles/400-metres-hurdles/outdoor/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/4338?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>After seasons of injuries, a fit Emma Zapletalov&aacute; has been the form athlete for much of the season with five Diamond League wins</li>
<li>But her world lead was eclipsed by Anna Cockrell as the US athlete won in Zurich</li>
<li>Dalilah Muhammad is still in the mix, a decade on from her Olympic gold</li>
</ul>
Emma Zapletalov&aacute; has very much had to play the long game but finally her patience is paying off.
The Slovakian athlete had to endure three years of injury-ravaged seasons, missing the 2023 season altogether and running just three times the following year.
There were signs of promise last season when she performed well throughout the Diamond League and then finished on the podium at the World Championships but 2026 has proved to be her revelation.
She talked recently about finally running injury free and the results have been stand-out with five Diamond League 400m hurdles victories to her name as well as becoming the first Slovakian woman to win a European title which she achieved in Birmingham.
The one blemish was a sixth place in Zurich where Anna Cockrell clocked the fastest time of the year when she won in a meeting record of 52.13, and Cockrell again just edged Zapletalov&aacute; at the Diamond League Final in Brussels.
Cockrell&rsquo;s Zurich time was her fastest since running 51.87 to finish second at the Paris Olympic Games, a time that had put her fourth on the world all-time list.
But the Ultimate Championship looks unlikely to be a straight head to head between this pairing.
Dalilah Muhammad was meant to have packed up her running spikes with Tokyo pencilled in as her final ever competitive outing last year but, at 36, she is still running rapidly.
She was second behind Cockrell in Zurich, a decade on from winning Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro, but she struggled in Brussels. Surely Budapest will be the swan song to an illustrious career.
Others likely to be in the mix include Muhammad and Cockrell&rsquo;s US compatriot Jasmine Jones, the Tokyo world silver medallist ranked third in the world this season, and Jamaica&rsquo;s Rushell Clayton.
And home fans will be hoping that S&aacute;ra M&aacute;t&oacute; will be able to give them something to cheer about having earned one of the host member federation spots for the event.
Matt Majendie&nbsp;for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 400m hurdles

Semifinals:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 19:21 Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 20:49
Contenders: Oblique Seville (JAM) 🌍 💎 Kenny Bednarek (USA) Kayinsola Ajayi (NGR) Gift Leotlela (RSA) Trayvon Bromell (USA) Emmanuel Eseme (CMR) Akani Simbine (RSA) Christian Coleman (USA) Romell Glave (GBR) Ronal Longa (COL) Marcell Jacobs (ITA) Lachlan Kennedy (AUS) Letsile Tebogo (BOT) Ronnie Baker (USA) Ackeem Blake (JAM) Jeremiah Azu (GBR)
World lead: 9.79 Noah Lyles (USA) New York, 24 Jul <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/men/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/100m/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 9.58 Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin, 16 Aug 2009 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/men/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/16647?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Oblique Seville starts as fastest in the field this season on 9.82</li>
<li>Kayinsola Ajayi will be looking to challenge the world champion again</li>
<li>Noah Lyles misses out through injury but will help shape the championship in other ways</li>
</ul>
As the world champion and the Diamond League champion, Oblique Seville will be looking to add the title of inaugural Ultimate Champion to his CV.
But the Jamaican sprint star faces a formidable field in Budapest and while he might no longer have the threat of world leader Noah Lyles, he does face the man who beat him twice on the Diamond League circuit, Kayinsola Ajayi.
Seville starts as the fastest in the field this year as he ran 9.82 in Kingston in June, just 0.05 off the PB he set when winning the world title in Tokyo. He has backed that up with four other performances under 9.90, including 9.83 and 9.88 to win Diamond League races in Silesia and London, respectively.
He closed his Diamond League campaign by taking the series title in Brussels, clocking 9.90 to beat Emmanuel Eseme and Ajayi, and they will both be among his rivals in Budapest.
Ajayi has broken and then twice equalled the Nigerian record this season, running 9.84 in Lexington, Eugene and then London. His win in the promotional event at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene followed his NCAA title win in a slightly wind-assisted 9.72 (2.2m/s) on the same track the month before. He went on to win the Diamond League race in London ahead of Seville but was third at the Commonwealth Games behind Eseme and Lachlan Kennedy &ndash; Eseme running a Commonwealth Games and Cameroonian record of 9.83 and Australia&rsquo;s Kennedy an Oceanian record of 9.85 in the pouring rain. Ronal Longa has also run 9.85, a South American record, this year.
Two athletes are set to contest the 100m as part of a sprint double as two-time Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo are both also entered for the 200m. The 100m is up first, Olympic 200m champion Tebogo back on the track on which he secured world 100m silver and 200m bronze in 2023. Both of those races in Budapest were won by Lyles but the US sprinter will not be competing this time due to injury.
Lyles will still be in Budapest, however, in his role as an Ultimate Star, serving as Ultimate MC and Creative Adviser for the championship. He will also shape the creative direction of Club Ultimate, the after-party designed exclusively for athletes at the event &ndash; but who will be there as the men&rsquo;s 100m Ultimate Champion remains to be seen.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the men's 100m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's 100m

Semifinals:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 19:04 Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 20:38
Contenders: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) 🌍 Julien Alfred (LCA) 🏅 Tina Clayton (JAM) 💎 Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) Amy Hunt (GBR) Jonielle Smith (JAM) Brianna Lyston (JAM) Zaynab Dosso (ITA) Zoe Hobbs (NZL) Patrizia van der Weken (LUX) Lavanya Williams (JAM) Tamari Davis (USA) Audrey Leduc (CAN) Jodean Williams (JAM) Sade McCreath (CAN) Cambrea Sturgis (USA) Bogl&aacute;rka Tak&aacute;cs (HUN)
World lead: 10.70 Julien Alfred (LCA) and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) Zurich, 27 Aug <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/100m/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) Indianapolis, 16 Jul 1988 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/2002?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>World champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Olympic champion Julien Alfred share the world lead at 10.70 after their thrilling clash in Zurich</li>
<li>Tina Clayton arrives fresh from winning her first Diamond League title in Brussels</li>
<li>Sha'Carri Richardson returns to the stadium where she won the world title in 2023, having claimed the US crown in 10.77 this year</li>
</ul>
There could hardly be a more fitting way to decide the inaugural Ultimate women's 100m champion than another showdown between Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Julien Alfred.
Jefferson-Wooden returns to Budapest as the world champion, having produced a stunning 10.61 championship record to win in Tokyo last year, where she finished 0.15 clear of Tina Clayton and Alfred.
The US sprinter has remained the world No.1 throughout 2026, winning Diamond League races in Stockholm and Eugene before beating Alfred 10.78 to 10.83 in Silesia last month.
Four days later, though, Alfred turned the tables in Zurich. The Olympic champion produced a Saint Lucian record of 10.70 and edged Jefferson-Wooden by the smallest of margins, with both women credited with the world-leading time.
Clayton adds another major threat. The Jamaican took world silver behind Jefferson-Wooden in Tokyo and arrives in Budapest as the newly crowned Diamond League champion after winning the final in Brussels in 10.93. She had earlier run a season's best of 10.85.
Sha'Carri Richardson also knows exactly what it takes to win on this track. It was here in 2023 that she stormed to the world title in 10.65, and the US champion has returned to form this year with a season's best of 10.77.
European champion Amy Hunt has enjoyed a breakthrough season of her own. The Briton won the continental 100m title in Birmingham, part of an unprecedented four-gold haul at those championships, and then finished second to Clayton at the Diamond League Final.
The depth extends well beyond the established champions. Canada's Sade McCreath has improved her national record to 10.86, while Jonielle Smith, Lavanya Williams, Cambrea Sturgis, Zoe Hobbs and Brianna Lyston have all broken 10.95 this year.
But recent evidence points back towards the three global medallists from Tokyo. Jefferson-Wooden has the world title, Alfred the Olympic crown and Clayton the Diamond Trophy. Budapest now offers the chance to settle which of them ends 2026 as the Ultimate champion.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's 100m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 100m

Semifinals:&nbsp;Friday 11 Sep, 20:57 Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 20:18
Contenders: Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) 🏅 Audrey Werro (SUI) 💎 Femke Broeders-Bol (NED) Addison Wiley (USA) Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) Oratile Nowe (BOT) Nigist Getachew (ETH) Roisin Willis (USA) Shafiqua Maloney (VIN) Sarah Billings (AUS) R&eacute;nelle Lamote (FRA) Raevyn Rogers (USA) Eloisa Coiro (ITA) Halimah Nakaayi (UGA) Valentina Rosamilia (SUI) Veronica Vancardo (SUI)
World lead: 1:53.70 Audrey Werro (SUI) Zurich, 27 Aug <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/middlelong/800-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/800m/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochv&iacute;lov&aacute; (TCH) Munich, 26 Jul 1983 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/800-metres/outdoor/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/2769?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Audrey Werro has been the breakout star of 2026, going unbeaten outdoors and climbing to third on the world all-time list with 1:53.70</li>
<li>Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson is set to return after a hamstring issue kept her out of Zurich and the Diamond League Final</li>
<li>Femke Broeders-Bol has improved to 1:54.71 in her first season at the event and finished just 0.06 behind Werro in Brussels</li>
</ul>
Few events have evolved quite as dramatically in 2026 as the women's 800m.
Keely Hodgkinson began the year by breaking the world indoor record with 1:54.87 and then winning the world indoor title in Toruń. But outdoors, Audrey Werro has emerged as the athlete everyone else has been trying to catch.
The Swiss 22-year-old announced herself in stunning fashion in Stockholm in June, beating Hodgkinson in 1:53.98 to become just the third woman in history to break 1:54. Hodgkinson's 1:54.33 for second was itself a British record.
Werro subsequently improved to 1:53.80 in Paris and then 1:53.70 in Zurich, edging ever closer to Jarmila Kratochv&iacute;lov&aacute;'s long-standing world record of 1:53.28.
She has also delivered when medals have been at stake. Werro beat Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol to the European title in Birmingham before rounding off her Diamond League campaign with victory in Brussels last weekend.
That latest win was anything but comfortable. Broeders-Bol followed her every move before drawing almost level in the home straight, Werro holding on by just 0.06 in 1:54.75.
The Dutchwoman's progress has been remarkable. Having switched to the 800m this season after years of dominance in the 400m hurdles, Broeders-Bol has improved with almost every outing. Her 1:54.71 in Zurich moved her to ninth on the world all-time list.
Hodgkinson, meanwhile, arrives with more uncertainty. After taking European silver behind Werro, a hamstring issue forced her to miss both Zurich and Brussels. But the Olympic champion is set to compete in Budapest, where she will attempt to rediscover the form that carried her to the world indoor title earlier this year.
Addison Wiley, world indoor bronze medallist in Toruń, heads the challengers behind the leading trio, while 2019 world champion Halimah Nakaayi and 2021 Olympic medallist Raevyn Rogers add further championship pedigree.
Werro has been the woman to beat outdoors all season. But with Hodgkinson returning and Broeders-Bol getting closer with every race, maintaining that perfect record in Budapest may be her toughest task yet.
Matt Majendie for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's 800m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 800m

Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 19:44
Contenders: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 🏅 Tajay Gayle (JAM) 💎 Bozhidar Sar&acirc;boyukov (BUL) Simon Ehammer (SUI) Gerson Bald&eacute; (POR) Zhang Mingkun (CHN) Luka Bo&scaron;ković (SRB) Anvar Anvarov (UZB)
World lead: 8.66m Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) Volos, 26 Jul <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/long-jump/outdoor/men/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/long-jump/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 8.95m Mike Powell (USA) Tokyo, 30 Aug 1991 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/jumps/long-jump/all/men/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/15316?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Miltiadis Tentoglou leads the way after 8.66m national record</li>
<li>But Tajay Gayle beat Tentoglou to the Diamond League title</li>
<li>Global medallists Simon Ehammer and Bozhidar Sar&acirc;boyukov set to provide some strong competition</li>
</ul>
When Miltiadis Tentoglou soared 8.66m at the Greek Championships in July, the 28-year-old achieved the farthest leap in the world in almost seven years. The last athlete to have jumped beyond that mark was Jamaica&rsquo;s Tajay Gayle with 8.69m in 2019 and &ndash; fresh off their battle in the Diamond League Final &ndash; Tentoglou and Gayle clash again at the Ultimate Championship.
The competition takes Tentoglou back to the scene of his 2023 world title win &ndash; an honour that forms part of his highly decorated CV along with two Olympic gold medals and his two world indoor crowns.
Gayle, meanwhile, is a three-time world medallist and two-time Diamond League champion who added his victory over Tentoglou in Brussels last weekend to his 2024 triumph.
But Tentoglou will be looking to rebound in Budapest. He has jumped 8.40m or farther in eight competitions this year and feels there is more to come. &ldquo;In my mind I have already jumped farther, but you haven&rsquo;t seen it yet,&rdquo; he said after his 8.66m in Volos. &ldquo;I believe the big jump can happen this year.&rdquo;
And Gayle relishes the competition. &ldquo;Without an Olympics or World Championships there was no need to rush preparation this year and we worked patiently towards the Diamond League Final and the Ultimate Championship,&rdquo; he said in Brussels. &ldquo;This was a super strong field full of hard-working guys, which makes the win feel very well earned.&rdquo;
They will not be short of strong competition in Budapest, either.
Simon Ehammer was third in Brussels and will be looking to recapture the sort of form that saw him set a Swiss record of 8.51m during the decathlon in G&ouml;tzis in May.
The 2022 world long jump bronze medallist finished runner-up to Tentoglou at the European Championships last month and the top five in that competition will all renew their rivalry as world indoor bronze medallist Bozhidar Sar&acirc;boyukov, world indoor champion Gerson Bald&eacute; and Luka Bo&scaron;ković also compete.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the men's long jump at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's long jump

Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 19:36
Contenders: Klaudia Kazimierska (POL) 💎 Jessica Hull (AUS) Dorcus Ewoi (KEN) Georgia Hunter Bell (GBR) Birke Haylom (ETH) Nikki Hiltz (USA) Freweyni Hailu (ETH) Agathe Guillemot (FRA) Abbey Caldwell (AUS) Emily Mackay (USA) Saron Berhe (ETH) Haregeweyni Kalayu (ETH)
World lead: 3:54.05 Klaudia Kazimierska (POL) Brussels, 5 Sep <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/middlelong/1500-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/1500m/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 3:48.68 Faith Kipyegon (KEN) Eugene, 5 Jul 2025 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/1500-metres/outdoor/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/3016?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Diamond League champion Klaudia Kazimierska arrives with the world lead after her breakthrough 3:54.05 victory in Brussels</li>
<li>World silver medallist Dorcus Ewoi and Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull were separated by just 0.01 in the Diamond League Final</li>
<li>European champion Georgia Hunter Bell has already won major titles over both 800m and 1500m this summer</li>
</ul>
Few athletes could have timed a breakthrough better than Klaudia Kazimierska.
Just six days before the women's 1500m final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, the Pole produced the race of her life to win the Diamond League title in Brussels in 3:54.05.
The performance took more than a second off her previous best, lowered her own national record and propelled her to the top of the 2026 world list. It also continued a strong championship season for Kazimierska, who earned European silver in Birmingham last month.
But the two women immediately behind her in Brussels will again pose a formidable threat in Budapest. Dorcus Ewoi lowered her lifetime best to 3:54.72 for second, just 0.01 ahead of Jessica Hull.
Ewoi knows her way on to a major championship podium, having finished second behind Faith Kipyegon at the World Championships in Tokyo last year. Hull took bronze in that race, a year after earning Olympic silver in Paris, and remains the world No.1.
World indoor champion Georgia Hunter Bell brings perhaps the strongest championship form of anyone in the field. The Briton won the Commonwealth 800m title in Glasgow before taking European 1500m gold in Birmingham, where she beat Kazimierska in a tactical 4:07.78. She also won Diamond League races in Rome and Paris earlier this season.
Birke Haylom briefly held the world lead after running 3:55.56 to win in Shaoxing in May, while Freweyni Hailu has clocked 3:55.92 and possesses the finishing speed of a former world indoor 1500m champion.
Nikki Hiltz, Agathe Guillemot, Abbey Caldwell and Emily Mackay add further depth. Caldwell has already demonstrated her ability in a championship-style race this year, beating Hull to Commonwealth mile gold in Glasgow.
Six women in the field have broken 3:56 this season and, with no preliminary rounds to negotiate, all 12 will meet in one straight final. On recent evidence, it could come down to who has the most left when the racing truly begins on the final lap.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's 1500m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 1500m

Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 18:43
Contenders: Katie Moon (USA) 🌍 Hana Moll (USA) 💎 Angelica Moser (SUI) Sandi Morris (USA) Tina &Scaron;utej (SLO) Imogen Ayris (NZL) Eliza McCartney (NZL) Emily Grove (USA)
World lead: 4.95m Nina Kennedy (AUS) Monaco, 10 Jul <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/pole-vault/all/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/pole-vault/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 5.06m Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) Zurich, 28 Aug 2009 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/jumps/pole-vault/all/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/4992?type=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Hana Moll arrives on a three-meeting winning streak after raising her PB to 4.91m to claim the Diamond League title</li>
<li>Three-time world champion Katie Moon returns to Budapest alongside fellow Tokyo medallists Sandi Morris and Tina &Scaron;utej</li>
<li>European champion Angelica Moser and Commonwealth champion Eliza McCartney add to a wide-open eight-woman field</li>
</ul>
Hana Moll could hardly have timed her surge to the top of the women's pole vault better.
A little over two weeks ago, the 21-year-old US vaulter had never won a Diamond League meeting. She now heads to the World Athletics Ultimate Championship with three successive victories and the Diamond Trophy to her name.
Moll started that run with a 4.84m victory in Lausanne before improving her PB to 4.90m in Zurich. She then added another centimetre in Brussels last weekend, clearing 4.91m to claim her first Diamond League title and become the highest 2026 performer among the women competing in Budapest.
She will face a field packed with championship pedigree, led by three-time world champion Katie Moon. The US star retained her global title in Tokyo last year with 4.90m, having shared the previous world crown at this same stadium in Budapest in 2023.
Moon has a season's best of 4.80m and was fourth in Brussels with 4.70m, but her record at major championships means she can rarely be discounted.
Her US teammate Sandi Morris took world silver behind her in Tokyo and has cleared 4.90m this year, second only to Moll among the Ultimate entrants. Morris remains one of just a handful of women in history to have cleared five metres.
Angelica Moser has also built an impressive campaign. The Swiss vaulter won the European title in Birmingham with 4.80m before improving to 4.85m when finishing second to Moll in Zurich. She again followed Moll home at the Diamond League Final.
Tina &Scaron;utej, the world bronze medallist in Tokyo, has cleared 4.80m this season, while Eliza McCartney arrives as Commonwealth champion after beating world leader Nina Kennedy on countback in Glasgow. Fellow New Zealander Imogen Ayris, who took Commonwealth bronze, has also reached 4.81m this year.
With Kennedy absent from the Ultimate field, there is no overwhelming favourite &ndash; but on recent evidence, Moll is the woman carrying the most momentum into Budapest.
Matt Majendie for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's pole vault at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's pole vault

Semifinals:&nbsp;Friday 11 Sep, 19:19 Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 18:18
Contenders: Collen Kebinatshipi (BOT) 🌍 💎 Zakithi Nene (RSA) Jacory Patterson (USA) Rai Benjamin (USA) Jereem Richards (TTO) Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) Khaleb McRae (USA) Muzala Samukonga (ZAM) Bayapo Ndori (BOT) Chris Bailey (USA) Lee Eppie (BOT) Attila Moln&aacute;r (HUN) Christopher Morales Williams (CAN) Jonas Phijffers (NED) Yuki Joseph Nakajima (JPN) Muhammad Abdallah Kounta (FRA) Patrik Simon Enyingi (HUN)
World lead:&nbsp;43.38 Samuel Ogazi (NGR) Eugene, 12 Jun <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/men/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400m/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) Rio de Janeiro, 14 Aug 2016 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/400-metres/all/men/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/16924?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Collen Kebinatshipi is the man to beat after dominant Diamond League campaign</li>
<li>Jereem Richards looks to build on recent national record-breaking performance</li>
<li>Rai Benjamin eyes 400m and 400m hurdles double</li>
</ul>
Botswana&rsquo;s Collen Kebinatshipi has been the dominant force in the men&rsquo;s 400m this year. The 22-year-old followed his 400m and 4x400m world title wins in Tokyo by becoming the Diamond League champion &ndash; at the end of a season during which he revised the Diamond League record three times.&nbsp;
The most recent of those record-breaking performances &ndash; 43.40 in Brussels &ndash; was a national record that moved him to joint fifth on the world all-time list. He now owns four of the five fastest times of the season and lines up in Budapest as the only man in history to have broken 44.00 five times in one year.
But he is not &ndash; yet &ndash; the fastest man of 2026, although that is his aim. &ldquo;I hope to finish this season as the world leader and for that I will need to find 0.02 next week at the Ultimate Championship,&rdquo; he said in Brussels, referring to the world lead of 43.38 set by Samuel Ogazi at the NCAA Championships in June. &ldquo;The main part that needs to improve is my back straight. That will be the focus in Budapest: not being too relaxed in the first part.&rdquo;
He&rsquo;ll need to be near that top form if he is to beat some strong rivals. Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards, the world 200m bronze medallist in 2017, continues to improve over twice the distance and the 32-year-old finished second in the Diamond League final in 43.68 &ndash; beating his own national record set when securing world silver behind Kebinatshipi in Tokyo.
And then there&rsquo;s Rai Benjamin, the Olympic and world 400m hurdles champion who switched his focus to the 400m flat for 2026. He intends to contest both events in Budapest and the 400m is up first. The US 29-year-old took his PB to 43.83 when finishing second to Kebinatshipi during the Diamond League meeting in Silesia, beating Zakithi Nene, Jacory Patterson, home star Attila Moln&aacute;r and Richards, who will all be among his rivals again at the Ultimate.
Matthew Hudson-Smith is the sole member of the Budapest podium from the 2023 World Championships returning and he&rsquo;ll also want to make an impact again on the major stage having gone on to get an Olympic medal of the same colour in Paris.
Multiple other global medallists are in action including world bronze medallist Bayapo Ndori, Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga, world indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams, world indoor silver medallist Khaleb McRae and 2025 world indoor champion Chris Bailey, so reaching the final will be a battle in itself.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the men's 400m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's 400m

Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 18:13
Contenders: Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) 🏅 Yan Ziyi (CHN) 💎 Adriana Vilago&scaron; (SRB) Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (COL) Mackenzie Little (AUS) Anete Sietiņa (LAT) Tori Moorby (NZL) Sigrid Borge (NOR)
World lead: 71.74m Yan Ziyi (CHN) Xiamen, 23 May <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/javelin-throw/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 72.28m Barbora &Scaron;pot&aacute;kov&aacute; (CZE) Stuttgart, 13 Sep 2008 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/javelin-throw/all/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/6057?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Teenager Yan Ziyi has enjoyed a breakthrough season, climbing to second on the world all-time list with 71.74m</li>
<li>The Chinese star arrives unbeaten in five Diamond League appearances and fresh from winning the Diamond Trophy</li>
<li>Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi and 2025 world medallists Anete Sietiņa and Mackenzie Little add major championship pedigree</li>
</ul>
Just one throw into her 2026 season, Yan Ziyi transformed the landscape of the women's javelin.
The Chinese teenager launched her spear out to 71.74m in Xiamen in May, smashing her own world U20 record and breaking the Asian and Diamond League records. It moved her to second on the world all-time list, just 54 centimetres shy of Barbora &Scaron;pot&aacute;kov&aacute;'s world record.
One day after turning 18, Yan had become only the sixth woman in history to surpass 70 metres. She has since shown that the performance was no one-off.
Yan won in Paris with 67.44m and Monaco with 68.75m before completing an unbeaten Diamond League campaign in Brussels last weekend. Trailing Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi after three rounds, Yan responded with 68.42m to win her first Diamond Trophy.
Kitaguchi produced her best throw of the season, 65.44m, to finish second and arrives in Budapest showing some of her strongest form of 2026. The Japanese star also won in Lausanne last month with 64.90m.
Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado has gone even farther this year. The 2023 world silver medallist threw a South American record of 67.34m in Santo Domingo last month and followed that with third place behind Yan and Kitaguchi in Brussels.
Adriana Vilago&scaron; is another athlete finding form at the right time. The Serbian improved her season's best to 65.93m to win the Mediterranean Games in Taranto on 1 September, having previously finished on the podium behind Yan at several Diamond League meetings.
Sigrid Borge threw 65.00m for second behind Yan in Xiamen, while Anete Sietiņa and Mackenzie Little bring recent championship pedigree after claiming world silver and bronze respectively in Tokyo last year. Tori Moorby, seventh in that final, completes an eight-woman field with few weak links.
Yan has been the clear stand-out of 2026. With only four rounds at the Ultimate, however, there will be little margin for error as she chases another title &ndash; and perhaps the only mark left above her.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's javelin at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's javelin

Semifinals:&nbsp;Friday 11 Sep, 19:38 Final:&nbsp;Saturday 12 Sep, 18:08
Contenders: Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 🏅💎 Henriette J&aelig;ger (NOR) Natalia Bukowiecka (POL) Nickisha Pryce (JAM) Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) Lurdes Gloria Manuel (CZE) Aaliyah Butler (USA) Roxana G&oacute;mez (CUB) Stacey Ann Williams (JAM) Lieke Klaver (NED) Yemi Mary John (GBR) Ella Onojuvwevwo (NGR) Sharlene Mawdsley (IRL) Martina Weil (CHI) Mercy Oketch (KEN) Alexis Holmes (USA)
World lead: 48.48 Marileidy Paulino (DOM) Paris, 28 Jun <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400m/women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record: 47.60 Marita Koch (GDR) Canberra, 6 Oct 1985 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/400-metres/all/women/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/2524?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino leads the world this year with her Diamond League record of 48.48</li>
<li>The Dominican returns to the scene of her first individual world title and arrives fresh from winning her fourth Diamond League crown</li>
<li>Twelve of the 16 women in the field have broken 50 seconds this year, headed by Paulino and 48.84 performer Aaliyah Butler</li>
</ul>
Marileidy Paulino has been at the top of the women's 400m for the past few seasons and has shown little sign of relinquishing her position as the world No.1 in 2026.
It was in Budapest three years ago that she shook off the bridesmaid tag, having previously won Olympic silver in 2021 and world silver in 2022, to claim her first individual world title.
She went on to become Olympic champion in Paris the following year before finishing second to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the World Championships in Tokyo last year. Her 47.98 there moved her to third on the world all-time list.
Paulino has once again set the benchmark in 2026. Her 48.48 victory in Paris in June took 0.09 off the Diamond League record and she has gone unbeaten throughout her Diamond League campaign.
She capped that run in Brussels last weekend, clocking a meeting record of 48.64 to secure her fourth Diamond League title in five years and her first since 2024.
Aaliyah Butler is the fastest of her Budapest rivals this season. The US champion ran a lifetime best of 48.84 when finishing second to Paulino in Monaco in July, making her the only other woman in the Ultimate field to have broken 49 seconds this year.
Henriette J&aelig;ger has also enjoyed a breakthrough campaign. The Norwegian lowered her national record to 49.04 to win the European title in Birmingham last month and was Paulino's closest challenger at the Diamond League Final.
The pedigree runs deep. Salwa Eid Naser, the 2019 world champion and Olympic silver medallist, has a lifetime best of 48.14 and has run 49.27 this season. Nickisha Pryce has matched that 49.27 mark, while world indoor champion Lurdes Gloria Manuel improved to 49.37 when finishing second to Paulino in Paris.
Ella Onojuvwevwo and Stacey Ann Williams have also broken 49.50 this year, while European silver and bronze medallists Natalia Bukowiecka and Lieke Klaver add further major championship experience.
With 12 of the 16 entrants having broken 50 seconds during 2026, simply reaching the final will demand something close to each athlete's best. But if Paulino carries her season-long form back to the stadium where she first became world champion, she remains the woman they all have to beat.
Matt Majendie for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the women's 400m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 400m

Semifinals:&nbsp;Friday 11 Sep, 20:21 Final:&nbsp;Friday 11 Sep, 21:49
Contenders: Cordell Tinch (USA) 🌍 Ja'Kobe Tharp (USA) 💎 Jamal Britt (USA) Trey Cunningham (USA) Orlando Bennett (JAM) Rachid Muratake (JPN) Enrique Llopis (ESP) Demario Prince (JAM) Jason Joseph (SUI) Just Kwaou-Mathey (FRA) Shunsuke Izumiya (JPN) Jakub Szymański (POL) Jamar Marshall (USA) Tyler Mason (JAM) Bradley Franklin (USA) Tatsuki Abe (JPN)
World lead: 12.75 Ja'Kobe Tharp (USA) Eugene, 10 Jun <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/hurdles/110-metres-hurdles/outdoor/men/senior/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2026 world list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/110mh/men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world rankings</a>
World record:&nbsp;12.75 Ja'Kobe Tharp (USA) Eugene, 10 Jun&nbsp;2026 <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/hurdles/110-metres-hurdles/outdoor/men/senior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world all-time list</a> | <a href="https://worldathletics.org/records/by-progression/14252?type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world record progression</a>
<ul>
<li>Ja'Kobe Tharp lines up as the fastest man in history thanks to his 12.75 in Eugene</li>
<li>Jamal Britt poses a strong challenge with five Diamond League victories to his name this year</li>
<li>Cordell Tinch qualified as the world champion, ready to fight for another title</li>
</ul>
Ja'Kobe Tharp announced himself to the world during the NCAA Championships. Running 12.75 in the heats, the 20-year-old took 0.05 off the world 110m hurdles record set by Aries Merritt in 2012.
&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t part of the plan,&rdquo; Tharp said. &ldquo;I swear I didn&rsquo;t mean to.&rdquo;
He may not have had the world record in mind at that point, but the US athlete has since proven it was no fluke by dipping under 13 seconds another four times. Those performances include a 12.85 &ndash; the fifth-fastest mark of all time &ndash; at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Budapest, at the same venue that will host the Ultimate Championship. He also won his first Diamond League title in Brussels in 13.03.
But Tharp hasn&rsquo;t had things all his own way this season and part of the thrill of the hurdles events is the jeopardy, with little margin for error.
Another three athletes have broken 13 seconds this season and two of them &ndash; Tharp&rsquo;s compatriots Jamal Britt and Trey Cunningham &ndash; will be among his rivals in Budapest.
Britt clocked 12.86, a time that places him fifth on the world all-time list, to win at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene &ndash; one of his five Diamond League victories this year. He has also gone sub-13 seconds in three other races this season and finished second to Tharp in the Diamond League Final.&nbsp;
Cunningham, the 2022 world silver medallist and world indoor bronze medallist this year, is also in the form of his life this season and he ran a PB of 12.98 to win the Diamond League meeting in Rome. He was third behind Tharp and Britt in the Diamond League Final.
Their compatriot Cordell Tinch booked his place at the Ultimate by virtue of becoming the world champion in Tokyo last year. The 26-year-old, who also claimed the Diamond League title in 2025, won at the Doha Diamond League and the US Championships, the latter in a season&rsquo;s best of 13.00.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason, respective silver and bronze medallists behind Tinch at last year&rsquo;s World Championships, will want to challenge again this time.&nbsp;
Jess Whittington for World Athletics
Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion

A pre-competition look at the men's 110m hurdles at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's 110m hurdles

381 athletes from 65 federations set to compete

Final entry lists published

Ultimate champions will earn a trophy that is made complete by unique bracelet gifted to each participating athlete

Trophies revealed for World Athletics Ultimate Championship

Now confirmed: list of athletes receiving exceptional invitations

Exceptional invitations

<h2 style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">FOLLOW THE STAR JOURNEY TO BUDAPEST</h2>
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<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/armand-duplantis-14679502" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLE VAULT &bull; SWE</a>

MONDO DUPLANTIS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/yaroslava-mahuchikh-14739628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIGH JUMP &bull; UKR</a>

YAROSLAVA MAHUCHIKH

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/norway/jakob-ingebrigtsen-14653717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5000M &bull; NOR</a>

JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/masai-russell-14659011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100M HURDLES &bull; USA</a>

MASAI RUSSELL

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/ethan-katzberg-14809348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HAMMER THROW &bull; CAN</a>

ETHAN KATZBERG

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/saint-lucia/julien-alfred-14646562" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100M &bull; LCA</a>

JULIEN ALFRED

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/greece/miltiadis-tentoglou-14669734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LONG JUMP &bull; GRE</a>

MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/keely-hodgkinson-14642894" target="_blank" rel="noopener">800M &bull; GBR</a>

KEELY HODGKINSON

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/rai-benjamin-14574865" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400M HURDLES &bull; USA</a>

RAI BENJAMIN

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/haruka-kitaguchi-14649131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAVELIN THROW &bull; JPN</a>

HARUKA KITAGUCHI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/commonwealth-of-dominica/thea-lafond-14416826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRIPLE JUMP &bull; DMA</a>

THEA LAFOND

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/botswana/letsile-tebogo-14883897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">200M &bull; BOT</a>

LETSILE TEBOGO

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/dominican-republic/marileidy-paulino-14749613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400M &bull; DOM</a>

MARILEIDY PAULINO

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/cole-hocker-14905834" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1500M &bull; USA</a>

COLE HOCKER

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/gabrielle-thomas-14733520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">200M &bull; USA</a>

GABRIELLE THOMAS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/emmanuel-wanyonyi-14974928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">800M &bull; KEN</a>

EMMANUEL WANYONYI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/pakistan/arshad-nadeem-14698105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAVELIN THROW &bull; PAK</a>

ARSHAD NADEEM

Entered for Budapest – qualified by winning in Paris

Olympic champions

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/nicola-olyslagers-14455361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIGH JUMP &bull; AUS</a>

NICOLA OLYSLAGERS

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/botswana/busang-collen-kebinatshipi-14935809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400M &bull; BOT</a>

COLLEN KEBINATSHIPI

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/melissa-jefferson-wooden-14756997" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100M &amp; 200M &bull; USA</a>

MELISSA JEFFERSON-WOODEN

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/oblique-seville-14737998" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100M &bull; JAM</a>

OBLIQUE SEVILLE

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/cole-hocker-14905834" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5000M &bull; USA</a>

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/katie-moon-14373744" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLE VAULT &bull; USA</a>

KATIE MOON

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/portugal/isaac-nader-14756630" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1500M &bull; POR</a>

ISAAC NADER

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/cordell-tinch-14719972" target="_blank" rel="noopener">110M HURDLES &bull; USA</a>

CORDELL TINCH

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/leyanis-perez-hernandez-14828679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRIPLE JUMP &bull; CUB</a>

LEYANIS PEREZ HERNANDEZ

<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/keshorn-walcott-14376122" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAVELIN THROW &bull; TTO</a>

KESHORN WALCOTT

Entered for Budapest – qualified by winning in Tokyo

World champions

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Ultimate preview: men's 800m

A pre-competition look at the men's 800m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's triple jump

A pre-competition look at the women's triple jump at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: women's 5000m

A pre-competition look at the women's 5000m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's high jump

A pre-competition look at the men's high jump at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Ultimate preview: men's 400m hurdles

A pre-competition look at the men's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26