Live coverage of the world championships from Paris. The men's 100m final is the blue riband event on what promises to be a highly charged night of athletics. The competition is wide open this year, with Dwain Chambers having a realistic chance of becoming Britain's first world 100m champion since Linford Christie in 1993. With a competitive field expected, could the world record be under threat?
Among the other highlights of the evening, the triplejump final should see Britain's only defending world champion, Jonathan Edwards , putting his limited preparation to the test in what promises to be a compelling duel with Sweden's Christian Olsson. The full timetable - which also includes coverage of the men's hammer final, the women's pole vault final and the men's high jump final - is as follows:
6.05 Men's 100m semi-finals
6.20 Women's 100m hurdles round one
6.55 Men'striplejumpfinal
7.05 Women's 400m hurdles semi-finals
7.20 Women's discus final
7.35 Women's 400m semi-finals
8.05 Men's 1500m semi-finals
8.30 Women's 100m hurdles semi-finals
9.10 Men's 100m final
Introduced by Sue Barker , with Colin Jackson and Michael Johnson. (S) (W) www.bbc.co.uk/athletics
BBCi: digital viewers can watch extra coverage of field events by pressing the red button on their TV handset
What makes Dwain Chambers so fast?: page 12