World Athletics Championships 2019: day two – live!

As suspected, her enormous third round throw of 77.54 was untouchable. Joanna Fiodorow (76.35) and Zheng Wang (74.76) take silver and bronze.

No change in the women’s hammer throw final going into the final round.

Not everyone is convinced.

Great Britain will compete in the 4×400 mixed relay final. They are in as one of the two fastest losers, but notably with the fourth fastest time overall. There really could be a medal in there for GB if Rooney can improve on the anchor leg.

The answer is not very well. As fun as it was to see the the male runners of Japan, Kota Wakabayashi and Tomoya Tamura, explode into the lead, their 17 year-old Saki Takashima was caught easily and finished in last. But at least it was fun! At the front, Poland, Brazil, and India finished in the top 3. That was disastrous in a different way for Belgium as Dylan Borlee eased up in second place towards the end and was passed for fourth place.

The second 4x400m mixed relay heat is underway. Nothing but love for Japan being the only team to do something different and put a female runner on the first leg. We’ll see how this works out…

That was tough. United States run 3:12.42 to win the first mixed 4x400m relay heat with a world record in this very new event. Great Britain were second going into the final lap after great runs from Yousif, Clark and Diamond, but Martyn Rooney just didn’t have enough to hold off Bahrain and Jamaica for one of the automatic spots. Leading women’s 400m runner Salwa Eid Naser was the true MVP there – she made up such a huge gap on the third leg to put Bahrain in contention.

So, it’s time for the mixed 4x400m relay. Great Britain have gone with Rabah Yousif, Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond and Martyn Rooney. Everyone in heat one has structured their team as Man-Woman-Woman-Man. Jamaica and United States will undoubtedly be dangerous.

Meanwhile, the first medal of the day is up for grabs as the women’s hammer throw heads into the third round. Meet favourite DeAnna Price of the United States, who also qualified in first, just threw a brilliant 77.54m to extend her lead on Poland’s Johanna Fiodorow, who landed a 76.35 personal best. With four-time champ Anita Wlodarczyk out with injury, that will be hard to beat.

Jamaica is hot, Doha is hot and so is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s form. 10.80 earlier today.

Check out Sean Ingle’s report on the mass discontent among athletes and team officials after the opening day of sparse crowds and oppressive heat finished with a disastrous marathon where just 40 of 68 runners finished the race.

Plenty has already happened earlier today, most notably with the female sprinters dusting off their spikes in the 100m heats ahead of the semi-finals and final tomorrow. Dina Asher-Smith continued to soar under pressure, winning her heat with a smooth and easy 10.97 run. Marie-Josée Ta Lou also impressed, running 10.85 in a heat where Britain’s Daryll Neita also qualified in second with a sold time of 11.12. Elaine Thompson also won comfortably and will look for more in the semis. However, it was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who stole the show with a blinding 10.80 run. These are the leaders of an incredibly competitive women’s 100 metres and it will be fascinating to see how things shake up tomorrow.

Hello! Welcome to day two of our coverage at the Athletics World Championships in Doha, where we will be following another packed evening of finals. We will have heats of the wildly entertaining mixed 4×400 metres relay and then the women’s 10,000m final. It will be particularly interesting to see how mile world record holder Sifan Hassan fares at a longer distance.

All eyes will be on 21 year-old Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarria in the men’s long jump final, who jumped 8.40 in his opening qualifying event while his rivals flailed. Finally, the second night in the Khalifa International Stadium will conclude with the main event. In the men’s 100 metres final, the controversial Christian Coleman is the pick of the field after clocking the only sub-10 time of the heats and semi-finals, winning through in 9.88 after a cool 9.98 in his heat. Britain’s Zharnel Hughes is also through to the final after recording a 10.05 second place finish in the semi-finals.