Mutaz Barshim Arrives in Budapest for World Athletics Championships

Qatar's three-time high jump world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim has arrived in Budapest, Hungary, for the World Athletics Championships which will kick off today, August 19th.

The Golden Falcon has set his sights on an unprecedented fourth world championships gold.

Barshim will begin his fourth title bid with the qualification event on Sunday, August 20th. His final will be on Tuesday, August 22nd.

"I know my limit and how to improve myself. I'm here (in Budapest), I don't know what’s going to happen but I’ll give my best," he was quoted as saying.

The championship will conclude on August 27th, and it will bring together around 2,000 athletes from 200 nations in 49 events.

Standing in his way to gold in Budapest will be Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, Germany's Tobias Potye, USA's JuVaughn Harrison, South Korea's Woo Sanghyeok, New Zealand's Hamish Kerr, Australia's Joel Baden and Ukraine's Andriy Protsenko.