World Athletics Championships: day four – live!

Daniel Roberts has been disqualified. Oh dear. Replays show that his trailing leg knocked down the hurdle of Ruan De Vries during the race. Hard to see that being overturned. Roberts was one of the medal favourites and recorded the second fastest time of 2019…

Back on the track, Britain’s Andrew Pozzi qualifies for the semi-final in third place with a time of 13.53 in heat 3. More dramatically, race leader Daniel Roberts completely clattered the final hurdle but he stumbled over the line in first place. The ever-present Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde came through in second place and former world champion Sergey Shubenkov triumphed in heat 2 in 13.27 seconds.

Britain’s Miguel Francis is out of the 200m semi-finals with a quad injury. Tough news for British medal hopes. Francis had scaled 19.97 this year with a PB of 19.88.

Omar McLeod of Jamaica eases through the first 110 metres hurdles heat in 13.17. That looked promising.

It’s time for the men’s 110 metres hurdles heats. The big name in the opening heat is Omar McLeod who hasn’t been in the greatest form, but who is a champion. The first four in each heat and then the four fastest losers go through. Get your strides right, people.

And here is more on this shambolic world championships from Richard Williams.

Of course, plenty has already happened today. Dina was just out on the track to pick up her first silver medal on the world stage. Earlier in the day, she confirmed herself as the favourite for the 200m title with the highest time of the heats, soaring into the semi-final stage in 22.32 seconds. We go on.

Hello! Welcome to another packed night of athletics in front of decidedly non-packed stands.

We’ll start with the men’s 110m hurdles heats, then the men of the 200 metres will take centre stage for the semi-finals. Adam Gemili soared through the heats in 20.06 seconds, with the fastest time of the round and also of his season. However, all eyes will be on Noah Lyles of the United States and his dodgy dye job as he looks to consolidate his frightening world leading 19.50 this year by reaching the final. Other challengers include Lyles’ countryman Michael Norman, defending champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey, Ecuador’s Alex Quinonez and 100m champion Christian Coleman. Alongside Gemili, Britain have two formidable entrants in Miguel Francis and Zharnel Hughes.

The finals will come fast. In the women’s high jump final, neutral athlete Mariya Lasitskene is, as usual, the pick of the field as she bids to become the first three-time high jump world champion. Sweden’s Daniel Stahl threw two metres further than anyone else going into the men’s discus final. Meanwhile, the men’s 5000 metres is wide open in the absence of Mo Farah, Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech will be vying for the 3000 metres steeplechase title, and in the 800 metres final, Ajee Wilson of the United States will be the woman to beat.

The night will conclude with the men’s 400 metres hurdles taking centre stage and, for once, it will garner all the attention as Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Abderrahman Samba, three of the four men in history to dip under 47 seconds, will resume their rivalry as they fight for gold and, just maybe, a new world record.

Here’s Sean Ingle with more on a “catastrophe” of a world championships so far…