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With two days of competition left, Canada’s only medals are the hammer throw golds won by Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg. But more hardware is likely coming on the final weekend.

Here are the top Canadian contenders to watch:

Damian Warner and Pierce LePage in the men’s decathlon (Saturday)

LePage, the silver medallist at last year’s worlds, and Warner, the 2021 Olympic champion, rank second and third, respectively, at the halfway mark of the competition. They’ll try to catch NCAA champ Leo Neugebauer of Germany, who holds a narrow lead through five events.

WATCH | LePage sits in 2nd in decathlon:

Warner, 33, is still trying for his first world title after a hamstring injury knocked him out of last year’s competition. Today, reigning world champion and world record holder Kevin Mayer of France withdrew with an Achilles injury after completing the 100m and the long jump.

The decathlon concludes Saturday with the 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin and 1,500m events.

Marco Arop in the men’s 800m final (Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET)

Last year’s bronze medallist looked like a gold contender as he comfortably won his heats in the first two rounds. The towering 24-year-old won’t have to worry about reigning world and Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir in the final as the banged-up Kenyan failed to get past the opening round. But rising Kenyan teenager Emmanuel Wanyoni is among the threats in this wide-open race after placing fourth at worlds last year and now running the fastest overall time in both the opening round and semifinals in Budapest.

WATCH | Arop reacts to 800m semifinal win:

Moh Ahmed in the men’s 5,000m final (Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET)

The 32-year-old won silver at the 2021 Olympics and bronze at the 2019 worlds. Both times, he paired it with a sixth-place finish in the 10,000 — Ahmed’s exact result again last weekend.

Defending champ Jakob Ingebrigtsen will try to bounce back from his upset loss in the 1,500m, which the Norwegian star blamed on a cold.

WATCH | Ingebrigtsen upset in 1,500m:

The women’s 5,000m final (Saturday at 2:50 p.m. ET) is a must-watch too. After winning the 1,500m world title for the third time, incomparable Kenyan Faith Kipyegon will try for her first major 5,000m gold. The world-record holder squares off with Olympic champ Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and defending world champ Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia. Tsegay won 10,000m gold last week after Hassan fell as they dashed toward the finish line.

Sarah Mitton in the women’s shot put final (Saturday at 2:15 p.m. ET)

Assuming she gets through qualifying earlier in the day, the 27-year-old should contend for her first major-championship medal. Mitton, ranked second in the world, placed fourth at last year’s world championships before winning gold at the Commonwealth Games.

WATCH | Mitton thrives under pressure:

Other Canadians to watch

National women’s marathon record holder Natasha Wodak competes Saturday at 1 a.m. ET. She placed 13th at the Tokyo Olympics. Canadian men’s record holder Cam Levins is not in the men’s marathon, which goes Sunday at 1 a.m. ET.

Canada has a team in the women’s 4x400m relay heats on Saturday at 1:55 p.m. ET. The final, on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. ET, closes the meet.

How to watch:

All events at the world championships, from qualifying rounds through finals, are being streamed live on CBC Gem, the CBC Sports app and CBCSports.ca. Watch more coverage on the CBC TV network Saturday from 4-6 p.m. ET and Sunday from 4-6 p.m. your local time. See the full streaming and broadcast schedules here and the official event schedule here. 

For daily video recaps, insight and analysis, look for new episodes of Athletics North with host Rob Pizzo every day on the CBC Sports YouTube channel and CBCSports.ca.