final, while Farah will attempt to capture the rare double in distance running. The women's side of the event will crown gold-medal winners in the hammer throw and 200-meter sprint, along with setting up some of the weekend's biggest finales. Heats are still being held for some of these events Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, so participant lists aren't completely finalized.

But for those looking to watch track and field's last stranglehold on the mainstream consciousness for a while should be in luck. Bolt and Farah are two of the biggest names in the sport, and both have a chance to make history before a raucous crowd in Russia.

With that in mind, here is a complete breakdown of the schedule for Friday's action, highlighting some events of note.

Complete Eventadvances even if he takes the event at 75 percent, but there are looming giants who could give him a run for his money in Saturday's final.

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Curtis Mitchell and Isiah Young are two young, promising sprinters from the United States who saw their times dip below the 20-second mark in 2013. Young, a 2012 Olympian, ran a 19.86-second sprint at this year's USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, putting him alongside the likes of Gatlin and Maurice Green among the best times in the country's history. He'll be a thorn in Bolt's side not only this week but going forward as well.

Mitchell has been a fixture on the sprint circuit these past few years and has a career-best time of 19.99. I'm still waiting on someone