Steve Gardiner, photo by PhotoRun.net
SHANGHAI (CHN): Men´s 400 m will have 5 runners from Doha opener competing. All top three Steven Gardiner with Abdalleleh Haroun and Isaac Makwala. Also fifth placer Baboloki Thebe and US Vernon Norwood. Four new names (Shanghai track has 9 lanes) will be triple jump Olympic and World winner Christian Taylor with Fred Kerley and Michael Cherry all from USA added by home Guo Zhongze. Meet record 44.02 will be under threat (Jeremy Wariner in 2007 and Kirani James in 2013).