Which athlete or event are you most excited to watch at these World Championships, and why?

Leighton Levy, track and field analyst: Megan Tapper and Oblique Seville. After four years of disappointment, I think Oblique’s time has come and I am keen to see how fast he can go. Meg has worked long and hard to get back to a global championship and I think she is likely to spring a surprise like she did at Trials.

Leighton Levy

Daniel Blake, sports writer: For emotional reasons, Shelly. Like many, I’ve grown up with her, seeing her success on the world stage and there’s an optimism that she can beat the odds and get on the podium in the women’s 100m and lead the women’s 4x100m team to gold.

Purely for the intrigue, the men’s 100m. I think there’s a very good chance we’ll see times below 9.7, given the form and quality we’ve seen from Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville plus Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, and Kenny Bednarek should be also eyeing gold, so it will make for a great race.

Trishana McGowan, track and field analyst: I am looking forward to the entire Team Jamaica. We are filled with medal potentials as well as finalists in the field and track events and that excites me a lot.

However, the athlete I’m most looking forward to seeing is the icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in her last major championship. Can you believe we have had a front-row seat to her greatness since she was 21 years old? She’s phenomenal and a true professional with her gift.

Shelly-Ann’s career speaks for itself. Her story is a sports fairy tale and she’s back in Tokyo where her career began to soar. At 38 years old, and a mother, she will start in yet another individual event, her beloved 100m.

Whatever the outcome she’s still a superstar and legend. Her story that will be told in the years to come is still being written.

Trishana McGowan

Rachid Parchment, sports writer: For me, it’s experiencing Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Jamaican colours one last time. I’m not particularly fussed about whether she medals as I’m just trying to enjoy seeing her in this space again before she embarks on a new chapter in her life. I’m also interested in seeing what kind of times will be set on this track. After all, it is where Elaine Thompson Herah ran 10.61 seconds to set a former 100m national record and it’s also where my favourite race of all time took place. That was the men’s 400m hurdles Olympic final three years ago where Norway’s Karsten Warholm ran an insane 45.94 seconds to set the world record. Even Rai Benjamin’s 46.17 and Alison Dos Santos’ 46.72 were faster than the old record. This is a track capable of showcasing the brilliance of athletes operating at the very edge of human performance.

Rachid Parchment