Great Britain won't see three of their athletes in the women's 200m final for the first time, as Daryll Neita comes home in fourth in the final semi-final.

Anavia Battle wins with a time of 22.09 seconds, while Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith of Ivory Coast runs a season best of 22.17 to take the other automatic qualifying spot.

Neita's time of 22.77 is outside the non-automatic qualifying spots, with Brittany Brown of the USA and Anthonique Strachan of Bahamas, both of whom were in the first semi, taking the last places in the final.

Amy Hunt's time of 22.08 is the third fastest of the semi-finals, Asher-Smith's 22.21 the seventh quickest.

Here comes the last of the women's 200m semi-finals.

Can Daryll Neita make it three British finalists?

She was 12th fastest in the heats with a time of 22.59 seconds, while American Anavia Battle, who was fastest yesterday with 22.07, also goes in this one.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

No Olympic champion Gabby Thomas. No Olympic silver medallist Julien Alfred.

The fight for a women's 200m medal appears to be wide open, so to see Amy Hunt running a personal best in the semi-final is very exciting indeed.

Dina Asher-Smith, champion in 2019, and Daryll Neita will also believe they have a chance at the podium.

Job done for Dina Asher-Smith!

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden takes the second semi-final with ease, slowing down to cross the finish line on 22 seconds flat.

Asher-Smith is a reasonable way ahead of the rest of the field, finishing with 22.21, and none of the athletes behind her are fast enough to get into the two non-automatic qualifying spots.

Who's that in up against Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in semi-final two?

Oh, just Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States, who won the 100m earlier in the championships.

The American was second fastest in the heats with a time of 22.24 seconds, Asher-Smith was fifth with 22.40.

GB's Amy Hunt, speaking to BBC Sport after reaching the women's 200m final: "It was intense today, the warm-up and everything today was full of intent and passion.

"I knew I would need a personal best to qualify, but I knew I had it in me.

"I know I have one of the best top speeds in the world. It was a lot harder run, but it makes tomorrow much more exciting and I've got a really good lane for myself."

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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.

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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.

Hunt was 11th fastest in that round.

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.