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Editor's brief

This match hub is editor-led on the athletics desk. We open the fixture page once World Athletics Championships team news clears sourcing and the verified squad list is locked. As soon as the match window opens we populate the live incident log from the press-conference round-up, the verified tour or tour-equivalent feed and the verified broadcaster feed; the desk will not publish incidents off rumours or single-source social posts.

Fixtures in this series

• World Athletics Championships vs See country-by-country entry list · World Athletics Championships 2026

What to watch

• Selection picture: Country-by-country entry lists land ten days before the opening session. The heats draw for sprints and middle-distance is published 48 hours before each round.
• Squad rotation: the rotation pattern across the last five fixtures is the data point we cross-reference against the press-conference notes. Ten-day programme across sprints, middle-distance, distance, jumps, throws, relays and multi-events. The heptathlon and decathlon open on the first two days.
• Injury report: See athlete-by-athlete report is the fitness doubt the desk is tracking. The return-to-play read and the verified medical update will be added to the live log as soon as the club statement is published.

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