World Championships: Event-By-Event Sprints Preview + Predictions

The CITIUS MAG Podcast

August 15, 2023

Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber break down all of the sprints races taking place at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest from Aug. 19-27.

Here’s the full broadcast schedule and how to watch. | A full schedule of events in Eastern Time can be found here.

Here are the biggest questions around each respective event:

– Women’s 100m: The best event of the world championships?

– Men’s 100m: How healthy is Fred Kerley? Could Marcell Jacobs steal it again? Wide open?

– Women’s 200m: Shericka Jackson vs. Gabby Thomas will surely be epic

– Men’s 200m: How fast will Noah Lyles go? World record?

– Men’s 400m: Who has the better comeback story: Steven Gardiner or Wayde Van Niekerk? Or Michael Norman?

– Women’s 400m: Now that Sydney is out, is this Marileidy Paulino’s to lose?

– Women’s 400m Hurdles: Femke Bol’s golden moment awaits

– Men’s 400m Hurdles: Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin Round II

– Women’s 100m Hurdles: What will the AIU decide on Tobi Amusan and what’s that mean for everyone else?

– Men’s 100m Hurdles: Grant Holloway goes for the threepeat

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CITIUS MAG’s Coverage

CITIUS MAG LIVE AT WORLDS: Our hit show from last year is back! The way we described it was “think of the TODAY Show but for track and field die-hard fans” and it delivered, featuring interviews with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Rai Benjamin, Michael Johnson, Seb Coe, Hellen Obiri, Malcolm Gladwell and many more notable friends. And this time around should be no different – every day of the World Championships, we will be inviting athletes, coaches and fellow media personalities to sit back and chat with Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber.

The show will air on the CITIUS MAG YouTube Channel between the morning and evening sessions of competition (Every day at 8 a.m. EST in the U.S.)

CHAMPS CHATS ON THE CITIUS MAG PODCAST DAILY: The CITIUS MAG team of Chris, Kyle, David McCarthy, Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison will unpack all of the day’s biggest surprises and offer up their insights and analysis from being at the new National Athletics Centre and interviewing athletes each day. The podcast recording will be streamed on YouTube at the end of every day and will be also available on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows.

MORNING RUNS: If you’re in Budapest, there will be two chances to catch some miles with the CITIUS MAG team in partnership with ASICS: one on Aug. 21 and another on Aug. 24. We’ll have giveaways, coffee and treats for people who are in town. The runs will start at 8 a.m. from ASICS House at Erzsébet tér, 1051 Budapest.

DAILY CITIUS MAG NEWSLETTER: David Melly will recap all of the biggest moments, highlighting his must-watch athletes and events for each day while also pulling together some of our best content, photos and social moments that the CITIUS MAG team captures. You can sign up for the newsletter here.

CITIUS MAG's coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships is powered by ASICS.

Chris Chavez

Chris Chavez launched CITIUS MAG in 2016 as a passion project while working full-time for Sports Illustrated. He covered the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and grew his humble blog into a multi-pronged media company. He completed all six World Marathon Majors and is an aspiring sub-five-minute miler.

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