Canadians in Tokyo: Who, what and when to watch at the World Athletics Championships

Fifty-nine track and field athletes, the most Canada has sent to a World Athletics Championships, will try to top the six medals the 2023 team earned in Budapest, Hungary.

Competition begins Friday evening and continues through Sept. 21 in Tokyo. Watch all the action on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, and click here for the full broadcast details.

Canada has sent four defending champions for the first time in world championship history: Hammer throwers Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers, 800-metre runner Marco Arop and decathlete Pierce LePage.

Athletics Canada also named four athletes in an individual event, also a first, in the men's 800.

Visit here each day for details on the notable events featuring Canadian athletes, including the time of their competition and brief summary of their season.

Men's 35 km race walk — 7 p.m. ET

Evan Dunfee, the third-ranked athlete in the event, set the world record in March, posting a time of two hours 21 minutes 40 seconds and surpassing the previous mark by seven seconds. At the 2023 worlds, he was fourth in the men's 20 km and 35 km races, running a Canadian record in the former (1:18:03) he has since lowered to 1:17:39.

Women's 35 km race walk — 7 p.m. ET

Olivia Lundman hasn't competed in the distance since March 22 in Slovakia, where she set the Canadian record of three hours 11 seconds. Lundman teamed with Dunfee in the first mixed relay at the Olympics last summer in Paris, doing two legs of a little more than 10km each to place 20th.

Men's 100m heats — 7:35 p.m. ET

Andre De Grasse skipped the Canadian track and field championships due to hamstring tightness. In four 100 finals this season, he has yet to run under 10 seconds or place above fifth, but the Markham, Ont., sprinter and