TOKYO:

Olympic champions (1,500 metres) and Hamish Kerr (high jump) headline day four of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday when four finals, two track and two field, will be held.

AFP Sport takes a look at three of the most eye-catching events:

This has the potential to be the race of the championships. Even the 13-year-old world record of 1min 40.91sec set by Kenyan David Rudisha in one of the most iconic moments in the sport in the 2012 Olympic final in London could be under threat.

The favourite in Tokyo is Rudisha's compatriot Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the Olympic champion.

Just 21, he has been the form runner this season although he came close to losing in the Diamond League finals late last month.

The former cattle herder, who is keen to set things right after taki

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