World Cup "mother of games" kicks off Friday .. Stars waiting to shine in the skies of Doha

As Jamaican legend Usain Bolt retires after many years in the world athletics championships and was one of the most iconic icons of the Olympic Games, a group of athletes and athletes are looking for stardom at the 17th World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

More than 2,000 athletes will participate in the event on Friday and will last until the sixth of next month, but fewer than that are expected to be among the most prominent stars in the world of the mother of games through this edition.

At the forefront of these stars are the following names:

Men:

* Christian Coleman: The American runner tops the list of the best figures for the race 100 meters this season, for the third year in a row, clocking this season in 9.81 seconds, and Coleman is looking to win his first world title in this race in the championships outside the halls.

Coleman, 23, won the same silver at the 2017 world championships in London, second only to fellow veteran Justin Gatlin, and then won the gold in the 60-meter world indoor championships last year.

But Coleman also suffered some negative headlines this year, where he was charged with breaking anti-doping rules for missing three tests during the year, but he was acquitted of the charge, because the first of these three tests was outside this period under current anti-doping rules.

- Noa Liles: American specialty runner in the 200-meter race, which Bolt grip in the past. Liles clocked 19.50 seconds this year, becoming the fourth best runner in history.

Like Coleman, 22-year-old Lyle is looking forward to his first world title after winning his gold at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the 2015 US Games.

- Armand Doblantis: The young Swedish star has become a new icon for the pole vault and has improved his personal record by 13 centimeters to win the European title last year with 6.05 meters.

Doblantis, the world youth champion, has risen six meters in the competition this year and has made no secret of his desire to dominate the competition as Ukrainian legend Sergei Popka has done before.

- Carsten Warholm: Norwegian World Cup is in force in Doha to defend his title in the 400 meters hurdles, which was the most prominent star in years, and recently rose to second place in the list of the best results in this race in history with 46.92 seconds.

But the 23-year-old winner of the 2018 European title could face fierce competition for the title by Qatar's Abdul Rahman Samba and American Ray Benjamin, who also broke the 47-second hurdle.

Christian Taylor: The American won the world title of the triple jump three times before, and also won the Olympic gold for this competition twice two times, the only achievement missing in this competition is to achieve a new world record.

Taylor, 29, is only eight centimeters from Jonathan Edwards's world record of 18.29 meters in 1995, but he is certainly afraid of a tough showdown with compatriot Will Klein, who set the season's best record of 18.14 meters.

Moataz Barsham, the most prominent Qatari athlete, seeks to embrace gold and crown the world title in the high jump, after fully recovering from an injury to the ankle while participating in the Forum Hungary in July 2018.

In 2017, the 28-year-old won two awards for the "World's Best Athlete" at the annual IAAF and the "Asia's Best Athlete" award from the National Olympic Committee (NOC), following his achievements throughout the 11-year championship. In them all.

Barsham also won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in London in 2017, and the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. He dreams of breaking the decades-long world record of the Cuban Javier Sotomayor of 2.45 meters, knowing that the best figures of the Barshm is 2.42 meters.

Ladies:

- Shelley Ann Fraser: The Jamaican runner returns to the competition strongly after a period of absence from the arena because of maternity tasks but share the top of the best race numbers in the season time of 10.73 seconds, which means that it is still the fastest as it was in the past and is ready to add a new title to Her titles, which include nine world and Olympic gold medals, have been scored among 15 different medals in world championships and Olympic Games.

But Chile's Fraser, 32, faces fierce competition for the world title by compatriot Ellen Thompson, who shares the top of the season.

Dina Asher Smith: The 23-year-old Briton aspires to be the new face of women's races after winning three races (100m, 200m and 4x100m relay) at last year's European Championships.

Smith won the bronze medal of the 4x100 relay race with the British team at the last Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro 2016), and won the silver race itself at the 2017 World Championships in London.

Now, Smith is aiming to win gold in individual races at the World Cup in Qatar. She is fourth in the 100m and 200m races this season.

- Dalila Mohammed: After winning the silver medal twice before, the 29-year-old American is looking to win the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles world championships this time.

Delilah won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, making her the leading candidate for the same gold in the World Cup in Doha after improving the record for this race to 52.20 seconds this year, becoming the second runner between the Olympic title and the world record for this race in history. Only British Sally Gunnell was preceded by this achievement.

* Maria Lazitskin: The 26-year-old could become the first woman to win the world high jump title in three consecutive versions if she wins the title at the Doha World Cup.

Lazetskine won the competition in 45 consecutive tournaments from June 2016 to the same month of 2018.

Lazetskin tops the list of the best results of the year with 2.06 meters but failed to break the two-meter barrier during her last two races of the season, losing for the first time and replacing Ukraine's silver medalist Yulia Levchenko in 2017.

- Navisato Thiam: The Belgian has tightened its grip on the heptathlon in seven years, winning the gold medal at the last Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro 2016) and at the last world championships in London in 2017, as well as the European title in 2018.

The 25-year-old tops the list of the best results of the season with 6,819 points, which she scored in Tallinn, France, despite a hand injury. Thiam also improved the Belgian record for the long jump this season to 6.86 meters.