The medal prospects in the men s Javelin seems to be much more open than in recent years, ahead of this year s major championship.

In 1980, the Soviet Union's Sergey Litvinov took the silver medal in the Hammer Throw at the Olympic Games in Moscow behind the great Yuriy Sedykh.

Robert Harting may have succumbed to his first defeats since 2010 recently but the 2009 and 2011 World champion will still be the man to beat as he goes in search of his third consecutive title.

Ryan Whiting leads the 2013 lists as the only man over 22 metres this year, having set a personal best of 22.28m when winning at the opening IAAF Diamond League meeting of the year in Doha back in May.

After being so long in the shadow of other throwers at major championships, not least Czech Republic s London 2012 Olympic Games champion and World record holder Barbora Spotakova who will be missing in Moscow because of maternity leave, Germany s Chri...

Expectations will be high of a home victory as the host nation Russia boast three of the top five throwers in the world this year.

Few events in Moscow will have such a clear favourite as the women s Discus, with many expecting Sandra Perkovic to add the world title to the Olympic crown she took in London last year.

Valerie Adams has won everything that the sport has to offer but still wants more and is the overwhelming favourite for this event.

With just five days to go before the start of the IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013, which takes place in the Russian capital from 10 to 18 August, we start our traditional ‘Event-by-Event previews with the Throws and Combined Events.

All of the much sought-after stadium tickets for Weltklasse Z rich 2013 have been sold, organisers for the IAAF Diamond League final on 29 August announced on Monday (5).