Canadians to watch on the final weekend of the World Athletics Championships

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With two days of competition left, Canada's only medals are the hammer throw golds won by Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg. But more hardware is likely coming on the final weekend.

Here are the top Canadian contenders to watch:

LePage, the silver medallist at last year's worlds, and Warner, the 2021 Olympic champion, rank second and third, respectively, at the halfway mark of the competition. They'll try to catch NCAA champ Leo Neugebauer of Germany, who holds a narrow lead through five events.

WATCH | LePage sits in 2nd in decathlon:

Warner, 33, is still trying for his first world title after a hamstring injury knocked him out of last year's competition. Today, reigning world champion and world record holder Kevin Mayer of France withdrew with an Achilles injury after completing the 100m and the long jump.

The decathlon concludes Saturday with the 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin and 1,500m events.

Last year's bronze medallist looked like a gold contender as he comfortably won his heats in the first two rounds. The towering 24-year-old won't have to worry about reigning world and Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir in the final as the banged-up Kenyan failed to get past the opening round. But rising Kenyan teenager Emmanuel Wanyoni is among the threats in this wide-open race after placing fourth at worlds last year and now running the fastest overall time in both the opening round and semifinals in Budapest.

WATCH | Arop reacts to 800m semifinal win:

The 32-year-old won silver at the 2021 Olympics and bronze at the 2019 worlds. Both times, he paired