Overview

• The men’s 5,000m final is scheduled for Sunday, 21 September at Tokyo’s National Stadium as the championships’ last individual event.
• France fields Jimmy Gressier, Yann Schrub and Etienne Daguinos among 16 finalists, matching the United States in entries and exceeding Kenya and Ethiopia.
• Gressier is aiming for a podium to add a 5,000m medal to his 10,000m title won a week earlier in Tokyo.
• His season best of 12:51.59, set in June, stands eighth among the finalists, placing him mid-field on paper.
• Gressier’s 10,000m gold followed a notably slow, tactical race won with a late surge, capping a season that included a European half marathon title and a Zurich 3,000m victory.