World Athletics Championships viewing guide: What to watch on the opening days

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In yesterday's newsletter, we previewed the major storylines to follow at the World Athletics Championships, which start Saturday in Budapest. Today, let's focus on some key events taking place through Monday, including a couple with Canadian contenders:Men's 100m The chase for the title of World's Fastest Man begins Saturday at 6:35 a.m. ET with the preliminary round, where lower-ranked sprinters try to qualify for the main heats starting at 1:43 p.m. ET. The semifinals go Sunday at 10:35 a.m. ET, followed by the final at 3:10 p.m. ET. Missing from the competition is two-time Olympic 100m bronze medallist Andre De Grasse, who failed to qualify. He'll compete in the 200m next week before defending Canada's 4x100m world title with teammates Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake. Rodney and Blake qualified for the individual 100m event but aren't expected to contend for the podium. American Fred Kerley is favoured to become the first man since Usain Bolt to repeat as 100m world champ. The hulking 28-year-old, who took silver at the Olympics in 2021, won 11 consecutive 100m events before South Africa's Akani Simbine beat him in a photo finish at a Diamond League meet in Poland last month. Reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs is competing, but the oft-injured Italian hasn't been the same since his surprising victory in Tokyo two years ago. Other medal hopefuls include 2019 world champ Christian Coleman of the United States, African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala and Britain's Zharnel Hughes, whose 9.83 is the fastest time in the world this year. Kerley's loudest