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GB's Zharnel Hughes speaking to BBC Sport after qualifying for the final: "I'm in the finals, that's what is in important.

"I just needed to work the bend to be within striking distance. I think I did a good job. I could have been more aggressive, but that's for the finals.

"I can bring a lot to the final."

Great Britain's Amy Hunt makes the women's 200m final!

She comes in second behind Jamaica's Shericka Jackson with a personal best of 22.08.

Three season-bests behind her, Hunt really had to deliver to qualify automatically.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

Noah Lyles struts around while tapping his watch after making a big, big statement there.

There was no need to keep pushing through to the line, given how far ahead he was coming down the home straight.

The defending champion loves to play mind games with his rivals and, really, he just wanted to let everyone know who is in charge.

Before the championships, Lyles said he would take bronze in the 100m - if it was accompanied by a world record and gold in the 200m. He already has the 100m bronze.

Straight into the semi-finals for the women's 200m.

Great Britain's Amy Hunt goes in the first of three, where she'll come up against Shericka Jackson of Jamaica, who was third fastest in the heats.

Having won the 100m earlier in the championship, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden looks well set to complete a sprint double in Tokyo.

The American came through second-fastest in Wednesday's heats, in a field missing several major names.

Olympic champion Gabby Thomas not competing in the championships because of an ongoing Achilles injury, while Julien Alfred withdrew with injury days after winning the bronze medal in the 100m final.

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson is looking to become only the second female athlete to win a hat-trick of world 200m titles, emulating Allyson Felix between 2005 and 2009.

The second fastest woman in history over 200m has bounced back from an injury-riddled 2024 which forced her to withdraw from the Paris Olympics after winning world golds in 2022 and 2023.

Also in the field are three more American medals hopes - Anavia Battle, McKenzie Long, and Brittany Brown, all of whom were among the eight fastest finishers in the heats.

Battle won four Diamond League races this year, while Long is second quickest in the field for this event with a season’s best of 21.93.

Brown won Olympic bronze last summer and a world silver back in 2019.

All three of Great Britain's sprinters made it through Wednesday's women's 200m heats automatically.

Dina Asher-Smith, GB's sole representative in Sunday's 100m final, came through in 22.40 seconds, the fifth-fastest time in the heats.

After missing out on Olympic bronze by 0.02 seconds last summer, she'll be desperate to right that wrong in Tokyo.

Amy Hunt set a PB of 22.14 at this year's UK Championships, and says she favours the 200m because "it challenges your speed, endurance and inner strength to stay strong until the end."

Meanwhile Daryll Neita finished fifth at both the last World Championships and Olympics - she and Hunt qualified with respective times of 22.59 and 22.57.

We will bring you what Zharnel Hughes had to say shortly.

But no rest for the wicked, now we have the women's 200m semi-finals with plenty of British interest.

Zharnel Hughes was fifth fastest among all the athletes in the semi-finals. A good run in the final and he stands a chance of reaching the podium.

He has a massive smile on his face as he speaks to BBC Sport's Sarah Mulkerrins in Tokyo.

A real statement by Noah Lyles - he smashes the field in a time of 19.51 seconds, the quickest any man has run the 200m this year.

It was a close pack behind him, but Zharnel Hughes held his nerve and finished second.

That means the Brit will run for a medal in the final.

They take their marks.

Zharnel Hughes is in lane six, Noah Lyles in lane seven.

Zharnel Hughes' semi-final is arguably the most talent-stacked of the lot.

He's up against American three-time champion and consumate showman Noah Lyles. Also in contention for the two automatic qualifying spots is Tapiwanashe Makarawu of Zimbabwe, who ran 19.91 in his heat and was sixth at the Olympics.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

There was no 100m final for 2023 bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes. So, can he get himself into the 200m medal race?

It's a tough semi-final, this, featuring familiar foe Noah Lyles and Canada's Andre de Grasse.

Prior to last summer's Olympics, Hughes admitted comments by Lyles had "raised all the red in me" after the American said he was not worried about his rivals.

Desperate to get back on a global podium, can he find a way to compete with Lyles here?

The rain has stopped and the breeze has disappeared. Perfect conditions for fast times.

“I’m ready, let’s go.”

That was all British record holder Zharnel Hughes had to say after easing through his heat.

Now he's set to go in his semi-final.

Bryan Levell looks like a very strong contender for a medal here - fastest in the heats, and he eases to win his semi-final in 19.78 seconds.

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo comes home in second, while Got Gout is fourth and will not progress to the final.

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is up in the second semi-final.

The sprinter from Botswana is up against the fastest qualifier – in-form Jamaican Bryan Levell – as well as the intriguing 17-year-old Australian record holder Gout Gout.

Gout yesterday said he enjoyed “running against the big dogs” when third in his heat. Can he continue to make his name tonight?

Jenny Meadows
Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

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Georgia's heat went exactly how we thought it would. It was all about the last 200m, that's when she wants to hit the front. Really significant for me, it shows what character she has. She wanted to cross the line first and it was a comfortable win.

No issues for USA's Kenny Bednarek, he strides to victory in his semi-final with a time of 19.88 seconds.

Alexander Ogando of Dominican Republic comes home second to also earn his place in the final.

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek controlled his heat and said afterwards: “This is the best I have ever felt.”

We shall see - he's the big name up in semi-final one.

The top two in each of the three semis, plus the two other fastest athletes, progress to the final.

Morgan Lake has been in excellent form of late and the British athlete has cruised her way through qualifying in the women's high jump.

The 28-year-old is one of eight athletes to finish joint-top of the standings, having made a mark of 1.92m.

16 progress in total to Sunday's final.

GB's Georgia Hunter Bell, speaking to BBC Sport after qualifying for the semi-finals of the women's 800m: "We have been out in Japan for a long time, so it felt like Christmas morning getting out on track. The rounds are hardest in 800m, so I have to take it race by race."

On choosing to race 800m rather than 1500m: "Doing 800m is the right decision. I feel like I have really got something to show, I have a high ranking, and with my team mate this was the year to do it."