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It was at the 2003 edition in Paris that Anju clinched a bronze to hand India its first-ever World Athletics Championships medal.
The inaugural championships are scheduled to be held in Budapest.
Barber's agent Paul Doyle said he died Wednesday at home in Kirkwood, Texas, of medical complications.
The AFI was earlier considering to bid for the hosting rights of the 2027 World Championships but it is now learnt that it has dropped the plan and is instead looking to host the 2029 edition.
At 31, the Thiruvananthapuram native is now India's biggest medal hope at next year's Paris Olympics.
It was a glorious end to the night for the sport's superpower after the earlier disappointment of seeing their highly-favoured 4x400m women's team disqualified following a baton failure in the semi-finals
The world record holder and Olympic champion - unbeaten in more than two years - only sneaked into the final round of eight jumpers in last place before summoning a magical 15.08 metres on her final attempt.
The India pair lost to Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in straight games.
World No. 11 Lakshya Sen, a winner of bronze medal at the 2021 edition, however, couldn't get past Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Kerr dug deep to stay in front and won in 3:29.38 with Ingebrigtsen, whose 3:27.14 run in Poland five weeks ago made him the fourth-fastest man in history, taking silver in 3:29.65.