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INTRODUCTION<br />
@athleticsweekly<br />
THE WORLDS<br />
PREVIEWS: STEVE SMYTHE,<br />
JASON HENDERSON,<br />
EUAN CRUMLEY AND<br />
JESSICA WHITTINGTON<br />
PICTURES: MARK SHEARMAN,<br />
JEAN PIERRE DURAND,<br />
VICTAH SAILER & GETTY<br />
IMAGES FOR BRITISH<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
After being held in cities<br />
such as Helsinki, Rome, Tokyo,<br />
Osaka and Moscow over the<br />
years, the championships are<br />
being held in London for the<br />
first time in the coming days<br />
and a similar team of officials<br />
and volunteers who made the<br />
London Olympics of 2012 so<br />
great are once again staging<br />
the event.<br />
Reece<br />
Prescod:<br />
British<br />
100m<br />
champion<br />
Over the following pages we<br />
feature our traditionally popular<br />
event-by-event preview to all<br />
the track and field disciplines at<br />
the championships.<br />
There are also feature<br />
interviews with some of the<br />
British athletes hoping to make<br />
a mark for themselves, plus a<br />
timetable and up-to-date world<br />
rankings.<br />
n Look out in the coming<br />
weeks for Athletics<br />
<strong>Weekly</strong>’s in-depth,<br />
unrivalled coverage of<br />
the London 2017 World<br />
Championships in the<br />
magazine and as well<br />
at athleticsweekly.com<br />
and our social media sites<br />
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