Bianca Williams speaking to BBC Sport after reaching the women's 200m final: "I had to come through strong. I didn't get a good start at all. I didn't' drive, I came off the bend and thought it was time to push. My body's tired. I ran enough at the Commonwealth Games so to make the final here I'm happy. I'm tired but I just want to do better in the final and anything can happen.

"I was just so relaxed and thought 'whatever' but I need to be more aggressive. I'm a championship performer but it's new still being here running after so many back to back. My body's not used to it."

Denise Lewis
Olympic heptathlon gold medallist and BBC Sport athletics expert

"I wasn't sure that Bianca Williams got out as well as we would expect. Maybe that knee is giving her some problems but she didn't panic. She trusted that fluid action and made that second qualifying spot by right.

"What a wonderful athlete Dafne Schippers is. She's a wonderful heptathlete, she's already won the 100m and she's looking strong in the 200m as well."

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European 100m champion Dafne Schippers glides around the bend and is unchallenged as she gallops down the home straight. What an impressive sight. The Dutchwoman dips home in 22.48sec, with Britain's Bianca Williams (22.91sec) second.

Janet Acott:, external I'm feeling really old now because I can remember Kathy Cook running! Well done Dina Asher-Smith. What a day!

Jack Ketton:, external What a day for Asher-Smith: A-Level results, qualifying for a euro final and breaking the British junior record, phenomenal.

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Dina Asher-Smith speaking to BBC Sport: "I'm just really happy. I wanted to win my semi, to get a good lane, but I'm really happy with the time. It's been one of those unreal days, I couldn't ask for any better but now I can go home and relax and get ready for the final.

"I'm not nervous out there because I'm a junior in a senior competition and I'm just trying my best out there."

Asher-Smith jumps on the track like Winnie the Pooh's Tigger once she realises she has clocked a personal best. Today the teenager has reached the women's 200m final, broken the British junior record, and earned a place at King's College London. Some people just have everything. Wonderful.

Denise Lewis
Olympic heptathlon gold medallist and BBC Sport athletics expert

"Dina Asher-Smith ran a new personal best 22.61. She did all the work in the turn, she exploded out of the blocks and held the bend. Wow. I'm so impressed with this young lady. She's the real deal. She's got amazing technique, fresh from the world juniors and she's delivered that kind of performance."

France's Myriam Soumare (22.56 sec) overtakes Dina Asher-Smith on the home straight. Britain's Asher-Smith enjoyed a fabulous start and is rewarded with a personal best 22.61 sec - which is a British junior record! What a day for Asher-Smith.

Vying for a place in Friday's women's 200m final are British trio Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams and Jodie Williams. All three are regarded as medal prospects although, if they progress this evening, they will probably have Dutch super heptathlete Dafne Schippers to contend with.

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"I felt good," said Jodie Williams, the 100m Commonwealth silver medallist after winning her heat in 22.88sec. "The track is very fast. I felt relaxed and I ran quicker than I thought I would so I'm happy."

Jodie's happy. We're happy. Let's go.

Two more men are through to the final of the men's javelin. Joining Tero Pitkamaki and Thomas Rohler are Finland's Antti Ruuskanen, who has thrown 83.76m, and Latvia's Ansis Bruns (81.04m).

Jamie Saczak:, external What a top guy Andy Turner is. A great interview there after having just gone out in the semis.

Shawn Leek:, external Andy Turner, top interview from a top athlete. Enjoy your retirement!!

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion and BBC Sport athletics expert

"I really wish Andy Turner could have just strung together two solid winters with no interruptions in his preparations and we would have seen Andy running regularly at 13.10 seconds.

"His body let him down at those real crucial moments but he was a fighter, a soldier and he ended up with two titles and he dragged the best, and the most, out of himself with all the trials and tribulations. He should be proud of what he's achieved. He's worked so hard to get in the position he's in so I'm really pleased he had the opportunity come here and have a run-out and do his ultimate best."

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Andy Turner speaking to BBC Sport: "I'm a little disappointed with my race and I could have done better. I just wanted to run. I gave it everything but that's all I had.

"I've had a good innings, going to championships since 2004, so I'm going to go out as a European semi-finalist and I've got to take something from that. I can be proud of that longevity.

"My European gold is the highlight. I had a lot of doubters so to come back made up for the upset of people not believing in me, but I've got so many positives and great memories."

And that is the last we will see of Andy Turner at a major championships. The Briton finishes seventh in a race won by favourite Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (13.17sec). Hungry's Balazs Baji (13.31) was second, with Dimitri Bascou (13.33) third.

Denise Lewis
Olympic heptathlon gold medallist and BBC Sport athletics expert

"Will Sharman's in the right mindset to just focus on the next round. I'm delighted for him to get that personal best.

"He clattered the second hurdle but his strength is what he does in the middle part of the race. He doesn't panic and he keeps working hard in between the hurdles with that beautiful technique."

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion and BBC Sport athletics expert

"It was a good strong performance and a personal best. He didn't have the best start but it was a good performance from Will Sharman and Sergey Shubenkov. They race regularly and enjoy their battles.

"Will's having a wonderful season, a very consistent one. He's put the Commonwealth Games behind him and he knows he'll get on that rostrum if he can hold it together."

Lawrence Clarke, who is heir to the Baronetcy of Dunham Lodge (if that is of any interest), says: "I knew it would be tough and I was just fighting and fighting and fighting and I'm relieved to be through. I made such a mistake in Glasgow and this is where I put things right."

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Will Sharman hits the second hurdle, but it proves to be no barrier as the Briton dips ahead of defending champion Sergey Shubenkov to win the first semi-final. Both Sharman and Russia's Shubenkov clocked 13.16 sec.

A perfectly-timed dip from Lawrence Clarke (13.47sec) earns him third spot and a place in the final at 20:56.

Who is the man to beat in this event? It has to be France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, non? He runs in the second heat with Andy Turner. His compatriot Dmitri Bascou is also likely to challenge - should he reach tonight's final, of course.

It won't be long until we hear the starter's bang. Will Sharman is at the start line. He throws a jumper into a box before stretching those groins.

Perhaps now would be a good time to reach for a hankie because the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals are upon us, with the retiring Andy Turner taking off in the second heat. Will this be his last race in a British vest?

"Now is the right time for me to hang up my spikes and become a normal guy again. I have a lot going on outside track and field," said the 2010 Commonwealth and European champion.

His team-mates, Will Sharman and Lawrence Clarke - an Etonian labelled by some as the poshest man in sport - race in the first heat.