Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

All of these women were coming into this race looking very strong. Pia Skrzyszowska is looking very strong. Nadine Visser is also someone who running like the record holder she is.

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Tobi Amusan of Nigeria and Nadine Visser of the Netherlands take the two automatic qualification places in heat two, finishing in 12.63 seconds and 12.45 respectively.

Poland's Pia Skrzyszowska takes third in 12.53, which for now puts her top of the non-automatic qualifiers.

It's disappointment for Alaysha Thompson of the United States, who finishes fourth in 12.66 which will not be quick enough for her to progress to the final.

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The men's pole vault final might feel like the Armand Duplantis Show, but there are some top talents in the rest of the field.

Chief among them is Greece’s Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis, who is the only other man in the field to clear six metres this year. He's just passed 5.90 while Duplantis has skipped this height as they continue to avoid each other...for now.

Duplantis said of his rival: “His progression is insane. I am going to have to be on my A-game on Monday because I know he is going to push me very hard.”

Olympic silver medallist Sam Kendricks is another one to watch, though his season best of 5.9m is only the ninth best in today's field.

Heartbreak for Finland's Lotta Harala, who is disqualified after a false start.

Everyone gets away on time at the second attempt, with USA's Grace Stark winning in 12.37 seconds.

Switzerland's Ditaji Kambundji takes second place ahead of Jamaican Diamond League champion Ackera Nugent, who faces a nervous wait for qualification.

The top two in each of the three semi-finals and the two fastest non-automatic qualifiers go through to this afternoon's final.

We move on to the women's 100m hurdles where the title is well and truly up for grabs this year.

Seven different winners have been crowned across this year's Diamond League meetings, blowing the field wide open just in time for the World Athletics Championships.

United States' Grace Stark won three of the 15 invitational meetings this year while Jamaica's Ackera Nugent managed to get two wins under her belt - and both will be going head-to-head in what is sure to be a tight first semi-final heat.

Tobi Amusan is still in a good position to reclaim the world title she won back in 2022 at Hayward Field, where she clocked the current world record time of 12.12 seconds. The 28-year-old Nigerian will go up in heat two against the Netherlands' Nadine Visser, who narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Masai Russell will continue her bid to become the first female 100m hurdler to claim a world title off the back of becoming an Olympic champion. Jamaica's Danielle Williams will have something to say about that though, as she battles to follow in the footsteps of former United States hurdler Gail Devers as a three-time world champion. They are set to face off in heat three.

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

Grant Holloway has struggled all season. He has not gone under 13.10 this year which is not a positive thing for him.

He gets out well, he always does. He has so much speed, but when he goes up over the hurdle he lands heavily and that takes time away from him.

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Four world champions are set to be crowned in this session and we'll be on hand to make sure you don't miss any of the action.

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USA hurdler Grant Holloway speaking to BBC Sport after the men's 110m hurdles heats: "I am healthy, there are no injuries. I have some stuff to figure out now.

"I have no idea what is going on, but I need to figure it out.

"I have no words right now but I have until tomorrow to figure things out."

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Grant Holloway shakes his head after crossing the line, during his wait for the big screen to reveal he's made the fourth and final automatic qualifier spot in that final heat, and still as he walks off the track chuntering to himself.

A knee issue has contributed towards his inability to hit the untouchable heights of recent seasons in 2025 and the American is clearly vulnerable here.

The home nation will hope rising star Rachid Muratake is the one who can take full advantage!

Will anyone stop Camryn Rogers?

The 26-year-old is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion and threw the longest in qualifying with a distance of 77.52m.

A little behind her was Finnish athlete Silja Kosonen, who managed 75.88m, while DeAnna Price, the 2019 world champion from the USA, threw 74.99m.

Jamaica's Tyler Mason wins the final heat with a season's best time of 13.17 seconds - the fastest qualifying time.

Japans's Rachid Muratake and China's Junxi Liu take second and third.

Three-time world champion Grant Holloway (USA), who has been hampered by injury this year, qualifies in fourth after being caught out by the fast finishers.

The United States lead the way, with Great Britain yet to register and no hopes of collecting a first medal on day three but there's still six more days of action after today,

GB won 10 medals in Budapest two yeas ago to equal their best haul at a World Athletics Championships.

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

Cordell Tinch is tall and rangy. That is a big advantage.

He is silky smooth when he is flying. His technique and rhythm is so smooth and that is what makes Cordell outstanding.

That was only 60% effort from him as well. It is nice when you can just cruise through these first few rounds.

Spain's Enrique Llopis wins heat four by some distance in 13.22 seconds.

China's Zhuoyi Xu is second, USA's Cordell Tinch - who has this year's world-leading time of 12.87 seconds - is third, and Jamaica's Demario Prince is fourth.

Armand Duplantis re-enters the men's pole vault final at 5.85m and, easy as you like, he sails about one metre over the bar.

Sam Kendricks and Kurtis Marschall are keeping pace with the world champion, but Emmanouil Karalis has opted to skip this height.

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If Mondo Duplantis was any more relaxed, he'd be fast asleep.

When the big screens in the stadium last showed the pole vault star, he was lying on the ground and chilling out, as if he could be anywhere in the world.

He throws in a bit of light activation work and a quick, polite wave to the camera operator before they leave him alone.

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Great Britain's Tade Ojora speaking to BBC Sport after missing out on qualifying for the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals: "That did not go not the way I was hoping.

"I expect better from myself. I am so disappointed and have a lot of emotions to process.

"I expected that getting through was a given. It should have been easy for me to get through. My warm-up was good and I felt good so I don't know what happened."

Joy for the home fans in Tokyo as Shusei Nomoto clinches fourth place!

Heat three is won by Jamaican champion and Olympic finalist Orlando Bennett (13.20 seconds), with France's Just Kwaou-Mathey and Italy's Lorenzo Simonelli rounding out the qualifiers.

We've got a nice story developing.

Abderrahman Samba of Qatar won his 400m hurdles heat a little earlier on, and now his brother, Seifeldin Heneida Abdesalam, is impressing in the men's pole vault final.

The 20-year-old set two personal bests in qualifying to reach the final, and now he has just passed over 5.75m at the second attempt.

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Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

Jason Joseph is so far down during the race but then he is the strongest finisher in the world. He is very rhythmical.

He has won European Indoors before so he can get out when it is necessary. He is far more experienced now that he is a little bit older.