Matt Hudson-Smith stuns with silver in 400m, Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes through to 200m finals
Updated 24/08/2023 at 20:25 GMT
Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith was pleased with her performance as she safely qualified for Friday night's women's 200m final at the World Athletics Championships with a second-place finish behind Gabby Thomas. She will be joined in the final by Daryll Neita, who recorded a personal best of 22.21. In the men's 400m final, Matt Hudson-Smith agonisingly missed out on gold to Antonio Watson.
Asher-Smith and Thomas ease through to final of 200m at World Championships
Great Britain's Matt Hudson-Smith clinched a stunning silver medal in the 400m final at the World Athletics Championships, but may feel disappointed it wasn't gold.
Hudson-Smith, who broke a 35-year European 400m record to secure his place in the final, led the way for the majority of the race before fading and being pipped to the line by Antonio Watson.
The Jamaican won it in 44.22 with Hudson-Smith taking second in 44.31. American Quincy Hall claimed bronze in 44.37.
Dina Asher-Smith safely sealed her place in Friday night’s women’s 200m final with a second-place finish behind Gabby Thomas.
The Briton made a blistering start to the race and was leading with 80m to go before American Thomas came through to seal an impressive victory, crossing the line in 21.97.
Asher-Smith, whose time was 22.28, told Eurosport: “I am happy. My aim was just to come here and qualify. Obviously I wanted to win the race but when you’re running through, suddenly you’re just like ‘am I going to hunt today?’ No, remember we can hunt tomorrow’.
“Realising I was clear, I was like, ‘great, job done, time to go.’"
Her positive outlook was in contrast to Monday when she couldn't hide her disappointment after finishing eighth in the 100m final.
“I’m really not happy with that,” she told Eurosport.
‘I am happy’ - Asher-Smith pleased to secure place in final of 200m
“I’m disappointed, I feel like I’m in the shape of my life so to come and run that I was very disappointed. I felt really good, normally when I feel good things just come like that, so I am very disappointed.”
Asher-Smith bounced back to secure her place in the 200m semi-finals by running 22.48 on Wednesday.
Joining Asher-Smith in her first individual final at a World Championships is Britain’s Daryll Neita, who recorded a personal best of 22.21.
Neita was just four hundredths of a second behind winner Julien Alfred of St Lucia as she made amends for missing out on the 100m final.
"It feels amazing to be in my first World Championships final," she told Eurosport.
"And entering it with a PB just shows I really executed as best I could. I'm proud of myself."
Looking ahead to the final, Neita said: "At the minute I'm just keeping myself cool, calm and collected. It's really just getting some chill and raising my game tomorrow even more."
Lyles impresses with easy win in semi-final of 200m at World Athletics Championships
Jamaica's Shericka Jackson eased into the final in a blistering time of 22.00, while Sha’Carri Richardson, of the USA, took second ahead of Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou, who will qualify as a quickest loser.
In the men’s 200m semi-finals, Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes recovered from a slow start to finish just four hundredths of a second behind winner American Erriyon Knighton in 20.02.
Heat 1 was delayed because of a bizarre golf buggy incident, but American Noah Lyles emerged unharmed to dominate with a remarkable time of 19.76, with Dominican Alexander Ogando finishing second. Canadian Andre De Grasse qualified as a fastest loser.
In the men’s long jump, Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece clinched the gold medal having jumped 8.52m to take the win from Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock. Carey McLeod finished fourth despite slipping on the board and crashing heavily in the pit.
Watch McLeod's spectacular landing in the long jump at World Championships
Danielle Williams of Jamaica sealed a thrilling win in the women’s 100m hurdles final, pipping Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn by a hundredth of a second, with American Kendra Harrison taking bronze.
The Netherlands' Femke Bol gave the Dutch their first gold of the championships, as she pulled away effortlessly to take the win in 51.70 in the women's 400m hurdles, over a second ahead of Shamier Little, of the USA, and Jamican Rushell Clayton.
Canada's Camryn Rogers won the gold medal in women's hammer throw, the Commonwealth champion throwing 77.22m.
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