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World champions and IAAF Diamond League winners earn wild cards

Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates with the Kenyan flag after winning the final of the women's 1,500m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 7, 2017. [AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL]

The adrenaline levels are running high ahead of IAAF World Athletics Championships national trials, which will be held at Nyayo Stadium on Thursday and Friday next week.

Top guns are among the 170 athletes set to battle for tickets to the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships that run at the state-of-the-art Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on September 28 to October 6.

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