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HIGH NOTE:

The pole vault worldrecord holder from France isn’t the favorite in the final. Renaud Lavillenie started his season a little late because of an injury. That promotes Sam Kendricks of the United States to the role of vaulter to beat. He captured silver at the world indoors and an Olympic bronze in Brazil. “I want to complete the full set here,” Kendricks said. His biggest challengers will be defending world champion Shawn Barber of Canada and Swedish teenager Armand Duplantis, who has one of the world’s best marks this season. Don’t overlook Lavillenie, either.

At 36, Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic is still going strong in the women’s javelin. She’s a two-time Olympic gold medalist, including a win at this stadium during the 2012 London Games. But there’s a new thrower in the ranks — 22-year-old Sara Kolak of Croatia. She won Olympic gold in Rio.

American steeplechaser Evan Jager looks to become the first runner not from Kenya to win the event since 2005. It won’t be easy with defending champion Ezekiel Kemboi in the field. Jager captured a surprise Olympic silver last year, when he lost by a second to Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya.

With defending 800-meter champion David Rudisha of Kenya not in the field, the race is wide open. It could be just the opening for Nijel Amos of Botswana. He won three races on the Diamond League circuit last month.

POWER CZECH: HERE’S THE STEEPLE: TWO LAPS: RETURN TO THE TRACK:

Tori Bowie’s scrapes are healing after her dive to win the 100 meters. In this case: No pain, no gold. Now, it’s time to turn the page. The American sprinter is listed on the entry sheet for the 200. Bowie has the top mark this season. The defending champion is Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands.