World Athletics Championships: All you need to know

Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest stadium is the scene for the 2015 World Athletics Championships.

The eight day event begins on Saturday amidst a series of doping allegations made by the Sunday Times.

With doubts swirling around track and field stars, can the year's top athletics event deliver a fitting spectacle?

With the likes of Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Team GB medal hopes including Mo Farah, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford in action, records could be broken.

Key events

Saturday 22 August (All times BST)

0200-1315 - Heptathlon day one (Jessica Ennis-Hill/Katarina Johnson-Thompson)

1220 - Men’s 100m heats (Usain Bolt/James Dasaolu/Chijindu Ujah)

1350 - Men’s 10,000m final (Mo Farah)

Sunday 23 August

0200-1240 - Heptathlon day two

0500 - Women’s 100m heats (Asha Philip, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce)

1415 - Men’s 100m final

Monday 24 August

1205 - Men’s pole vault final (Renaud Lavillenie)

1435 - Women’s 100 final (Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce/Asha Philip)

Tuesday 25 August

1225 - Men’s long jump final (Greg Rutherford)

1230 - Men’s 200m heats (Bolt/Zharnel Hughes)

1335 - Women’s 1500m final (Laura Weightman/Laura Muir)

1355 - Men’s 800m final (David Rudisha/Nijel Amos)

Wednesday 26 August

0235 - Men’s 5000m heats (Mo Farah)

1200 - Women’s pole vault final (Holly Bleasdale)

1215 - Women’s 200m heats (Dina Asher-Smith)

1310 - Women’s 400m hurdles final (Eilidh Child)

1425 - Men’s 400m final (Kirani James)

Thursday 27 August

1235 - Women’s 200m semi-finals (Dina Asher-Smith)

1340 - Women’s 400m final (Christine Ohuruogu)

1355 - Men’s 200m final (Bolt)

Friday 28 August

1250 - Women’s long jump final (Shara Proctor/Lorraine Ugen)

1400 - Women’s 200m final (Asher-Smith)

1420 - Men’s 110m hurdles final (Lawrence Clarke)

1435 - Women’s 100m hurdles final (Tiffany Porter/Cindy Ofili)

Saturday 29 August

1130 - Women’s high jump final (Isobel Pooley/Morgan Lake)

1215 - Women’s 800m final (Lynsey Sharp)

1330 - Men’s 5000m final (Farah)

1350 - Women’s 4x100m relay

1400 - Men’s 4x100m relay (just needs to be confirmed - not on either schedule…?)

Sunday 30 August

1130 - Men’s high jump final

1305 - Women’s 4x400m relay

1325 - Men’s 4x400m relay