Two-time world champion Sarah Mitton will headline the final World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Beijing before the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fields at the event are a combination of athletes looking for a final tune-up before the big show, and those who are seeking some form of redemption after missing out on selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Sarah Mitton, she is seeking a bit of both. The Canadian will head to Tokyo next week as one of the medal favourites in the shot put. But this weekend she may feel she has a point to prove after missing out on victory at last week\u2019s Diamond League Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was initially declared the champion, but her winning throw was later ruled to be a foul. Memories of that competition will no doubt be a motivating factor when she takes to the circle on Sunday in a competition that also includes Olympic silver medallist Maddison-Lee Wesche, Swedish record-holder Fanny Roos and China\u2019s Zhang Linru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a strong Chinese presence in the women\u2019s javelin. World U20 record-holder Yan Ziyi, who earlier this year extended her record to 65.89m, will line up against the two women who\u2019ll be representing China in this discipline in Tokyo later this month: Dai Qianqian and Asian champion Su Lingdan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One week before he takes to the startline for his first-round heat at the World Championships, USA\u2019s Khaleb McRae will aim to produce a confidence-boosting run in Beijing. McRae, who has improved his PB to 43.91 this year, will take on compatriot Bryce Deadmon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s 100m, Tokyo-bound trio Eloy Benitez of Puerto Rico, Andre de Grasse of Canada and Xie Zhenye of China will take on USA\u2019s Brandon Hicklin. Meanwhile, the women\u2019s 100m features Trinidad & Tobago\u2019s national champion Leah Bertrand, USA\u2019s Maia McCoy and Celera Barnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men\u2019s 110m hurdles looks set to be a showdown between US duo Freddie Crittenden and Eric Edwards. The women\u2019s sprint hurdles line-up includes USA\u2019s Rayniah Jones, Hungary\u2019s Anna Toth and Germany\u2019s Ricarda Lobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere on the track, European silver medallist Louise Maraval takes on Tia-Adana Belle in the women\u2019s 400m hurdles, while two-time Commonwealth champion Wycliffe Kinyamal faces Irish record-holder Mark English in the men\u2019s 800m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World silver medallist Ernest John Obiena leads a pole vault field that also includes Huang Bokai and Li Chenyang, the two men who have set Chinese records this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Williams, who\u2019ll represent the USA in Tokyo later this month, takes on compatriot Cameron Crump in the men\u2019s long jump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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