Melissa Jefferson-Wooden set a new championship record as she stormed to women’s 100m gold in Tokyo, while Oblique Seville came of age as he sealed a maiden world title in the men’s.
Defending world and Olympic champion Noah Lyles was forced to settle for bronze, with Seville and Kishane Thompson taking gold and silver in a Jamaican one-two - and Seville becoming the first Jamaican to take the title since Usain Bolt in 2015, with the legend watching on from the stands.
In the women’s field Jefferson-Wooden was unstoppable as she set the quickest winning time ever at the World Athletics Championships: 10.61, the fourth-fastest time in history.
Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred made a strong start but ultimately could only take third, while Jamaica’s Tina Clayton secured silver and defending champion Sha’Carri Richardson finished outside the medal places in fifth.
Dina Asher-Smith was the only British athlete to make either the men’s or women’s final after Zharnel Hughes went out in the semi-finals. She finished eighth, with her stronger event, the 200m, still to come.
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Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden seal 100m gold at World Athletics Championships
15:30 , Flo CliffordJamaica’s Oblique Seville crowned himself world 100m champion after blazing to a personal-best 9.77 seconds in Tokyo, with American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden obliterating the world championship record to win gold in the women’s race in 10.61.
Compatriot Kishane Thompson made it a Jamaican one-two on the second night of the World Athletics Championships, claiming silver in 9.82s, with Olympic and defending world champion Noah Lyles collecting bronze in a season’s-best 9.89s.
The race, watched by world record holder Usain Bolt from the stands, required a restart after the Olympic 200m champion, Botswanan Letsile Tebogo, was disqualified for a false start.
Seville and Jefferson-Wooden seal 100m gold at World Athletics Championships
'I have proved that I am a true competitor' - Oblique Seville
15:20 , Flo CliffordAnd last but not least Oblique Seville talks to BBC Sport. “It’s an excellent feeling,” he says. “The last time a Jamaican got the title was in 2016 and that was Usain Bolt so I am really happy knowing that I actually got the gold medal and I have proved myself that I am a true competitor and I showed my resilience and my fight and determination.
“Everyone was saying in the first round that I am panicking, but I know what I am going through in that moment and I just brushed it aside and proved to myself that I am the champion.”
'It's important to finish on your own terms' - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
15:10 , Flo CliffordJamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is next to speak. “Last year I didn't get to go to the line and I was devastated. Being able to get to the finals was a big accomplishment in itself. Looking forward to the 4x100, maybe when I head home I'll have all the feels!
“It felt really good. I've given so much to this sport. A lot of people may question why I came back, but it's important to finish on your own terms and it's a big blessing to be able to do that.” Well said.
'I would have loved some quicker times' - Dina Asher-Smith
15:00 , Flo CliffordDina Asher-Smith also has a word with BBC Sport, looking pretty chipper, if a bit rueful. “I would have loved some quicker times,” she admits. “It's just been a very different year for me. Moving half-way through the year is not always the easiest thing to do. I'm a competitor, I know I've run faster than that all season.
“I believe in myself, I know I need to have the space and capacity to perform. I would not have had the Zurich final I would have had if I hadn't made that change.”
She adds that she’s looking forward to the 200m and is in really good shape for it.
'It looked easy but it wasn't - Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
14:50 , Flo CliffordThe new women’s world champion has a chat with BBC Sport. “It was not easy, it looked that way but it wasn’t,” she says. “A lot of preparation, hard work, faith in my coaches. At the end of the day I focused on my execution.
“I felt myself get out [ahead], then I blacked out after that, thinking ‘get to the line’. I saw my time and it hit me, oh my gosh I won!
“I came in as a hunter, I've never been a world champion or Olympic champion in the 100m.
“There will be a target on my back next year so I'll work out how to navigate that.”
Jefferson-Wooden sets championship record
14:40 , Flo CliffordAnd what a day for Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, who was the heavy favourite going into this and absolutely rose to the occasion. A Championship record time, amazing.
Lyles takes bronze
14:34 , Flo CliffordLyles doesn’t look displeased with bronze at all, another solid result for him.
Men's 100m final
14:29 , Flo CliffordKenny Bednarek was fourth, Leotlela fifth from youngster Ajayi and Simbine last.
Oblique Seville takes 100m gold
14:29 , Flo CliffordThat was astonishing. Seville falls to the floor before jumping back up, ripping off his shirt, and thumping his chest to the camera, and the Jamaicans in the crowd go wild. Usain Bolt, in the crowd - the last Jamaican man to win this, in 2015 - looks absolutely thrilled.
Oblique Seville wins men's 100m!
14:25 , Flo CliffordThompson and Lyles makes the best start, Thompson storms away, but here comes Seville and he comes around him!
Jamaica are back on top of the men’s 100m! A personal best of 9.77 for Seville!
It’s a Jamaican one-two, Thompson silver in 9.82, and defending champ Lyles takes bronze with a season’s best of 9.89!
Men's 100m final
14:24 , Flo CliffordHere we go again....
Tebogo is disqualified
14:23 , Flo CliffordWow, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo is disqualified, and that was a clear false start. He claps the crowd and heads off quickly, no protests there.
False start!
14:22 , Flo CliffordTebogo false starts!!
Men's 100m final
14:21 , Flo CliffordNo rest for the wicked as it’s time for the men’s 100m now.
Simbine and 21-year-old Ajayi are in lanes two and three; defending and Olympic champion Lyles is in lane four. Thompson and Bednarek, both much more chilled-out on the start line, are in five and six, Seville and Tebogo in seven and eight, South Africa’s Leotlela on the outside.
Should be a cracker!
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins women's 100m
14:19 , Flo Clifford
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins women's 100m
14:18 , Flo CliffordThat was outstanding by Jefferson-Wooden, an incredibly quick start, and she just powered away. No-one has ever run that quick to win a world championships, and that is the fourth-fastest women’s time ever.
Brilliant by Tina Clayton as well for silver.
Fourth for Jackson and fifth for Richardson, season’s bests for both of them - 10.88 and 10.94 respectively. Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce was sixth, Ta Lou-Smith seventh, Asher-Smith down in eighth in 11.08.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins women's 100m!
14:15 , Flo CliffordJefferson-Wooden makes a great start, Tina Clayton is storming down the straight, Jefferson-Wooden sets a championship record of 10.61 to win!!!
Clayton sets a personal best of 10.76 for silver, Julien Alfred takes bronze in 10.84.
Women's 100m finals
14:14 , Flo CliffordHere we go: defending champion Sha’Carri Richardson is in lane two, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica in lane three. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, unbeaten over 100m this season, goes in lane four, with Julien Alfred in lane five, Tina Clayton in lane six. Dina Asher-Smith is in lane nine for Great Britain, she was the slowest qualifier. Veterans Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are in lanes seven and eight.
Women's 100m finals
14:10 , Flo CliffordThe athletes are lining up. Moments to go...
Tara Davis-Woodhall wins long jump
14:09 , Flo CliffordNever in doubt, but her rival Mihambo of Germany puts in a foul jump on her last attempt, and the superb Davis-Woodhall wraps up the title with a best attempt of 7.13. She screams and jumps for joy before going to celebrate with her team.
Jimmy Gressier wins men's 10,000m!
14:03 , Flo CliffordThat was absolutely amazing, a flat-out sprint for the line, Kejelcha looks superb, but Jimmy Gressier of France powers down the home straight and overhauls Kejelcha on the line!
A season’s best for both of them, 28:55.77 for Gressier, 28:55.83 for Kejelcha. Almgren hangs on for bronze in 28:56.02.
Men's 10,000m final
14:01 , Flo CliffordBarega leads from Aregawai and Kejelcha, Almgren is still there too... it’s coming down to a sprint!
Men's 10,000m final in action
14:00 , Flo CliffordSweden’s Almgren leads the field in the closing stages of this 10,000m final, which has already seen plenty of movement among the front. A large group is still together, with the USA’s Fisher in second, Kejelcha and Gressier well positioned too.
Two laps to go!
Faith Kipyegon wins 1,500m semi-final
13:55 , Flo CliffordIn other results, triple Olympic champ Kipyegon won her 1,500m heat, with Chepchircir of Kenya winning the second. The other qualifies are Ewoi, Hailu, Johnson, Perez and Madeleine from semi-final one, and Hull, Hiltz, Kazmierska, Debues-Stafford and Zenoni from semi-final two. Germany’s Wessel also makes it.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leads long jump final
13:50 , Flo CliffordTara Davis-Woodhall jumps a world-leading 7.13 on her third attempt!
You wouldn’t bet on anyone being able to beat that.
Men's 100m finalists
13:45 , Flo Clifford- Kenny Bednarek (USA) - 9.85
- Kishane Thompson (JAM) - 9.85
- Oblique Seville (JAM) - 9.86
- Noah Lyles (USA) - 9.92
- Kayinsola Ajayi (NGR) - 9.93
- Letsile Tebogo (BOT) - 9.94
- Akani Simbine (RSA) - 9.96
- Gift Leotlela (RSA) - 9.97
Women's 100m finalists
13:35 , Flo Clifford- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) - 10.73
- Tina Clayton (JAM) - 10.90
- Julien Alfred (LCA) - 10.93
- Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (CIV) - 10.94
- Shericka Jackson (JAM) - 10.97
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 11.00
- Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) - 11.00
- Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) - 11.02
What are the false start rules at World Athletics Championships?
13:20 , Flo CliffordFor the world’s best 100m runners the race of a lifetime can be over in 10 seconds flat - or, heartbreakingly, in a mere fraction of a second.
That’s as a result of of World Athletics’ incredibly strict false start policies, which have memorably resulted in disqualifications for some of the world’s highest-profile athletes at its marquee events.
For the likes of Noah Lyles, Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson going for glory in this Sunday’s blue-riband event at the Tokyo World Championships, even the most minute of false starts would send them straight out of contention and on the plane home.
What are the false start rules at World Athletics Championships?
Men's 100m final line-ups set
13:10 , Flo CliffordWell, no major surprises there, except for Hughes.
Here are the finalists:
- Kenny Bednarek
- Kishane Thompson
- Oblique Seville
- Noah Lyles
- Kayinsola Ajayi
- Letsile Tebogo
- Akani Simbine
- Gift Leotlela
Seville wins third semi-final, Hughes fails to qualify
13:05 , Flo CliffordClean start, Seville doesn’t make the best start but he’s rapid, looking across multiple times, and he wins in 9.87. Tobogo was a clear second with a season’s best of 9.94.
Leotlela is third in 9.97 and that means Hughes is pushes out of the qualifying spots!
Simbine and Leotlela, the South African pair, make up the final two spots.
De Grasse given a yellow card
13:03 , Flo CliffordLots of twitching in the blocks, but it’s Leotlela of South Africa who is at fault, reacting in 0.088... but somehow De Grasse gets the warning of a yellow card!
No idea what happened there. Leotlela looked like he knew he was going home. But he escapes.
False start!
13:01 , Flo CliffordOoh, the gun has gone again...
Men's 100m semi-finals
13:00 , Flo CliffordOnto this last semi-final. Romell Glave is in this one for GB, former champ Andre de Grasse in lane two for Canada. Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo is in lane five. Oblique Seville is the other big gun in this one, up in lane seven.
Hughes and Blake take third
12:57 , Flo CliffordHughes and Blake are both third in 10.03, not even thousandths of a second separating those two. That pushes Azu out of the possible qualifying spots.
Simbine looks safe for now.
Bednarek wins second semi-final
12:55 , Flo CliffordClean start by Bednarek but Hughes is way off, Thompson crosses side by side with the American!
9.85 for the pair! It’s a photo finish... Bednarek wins it!
Everyone else was way off. It’s a photo finish for the minor places...
Men's 100m semi-finals
12:53 , Flo CliffordZharnel Hughes is in lane six in this one. Kishane Thomspon, the fastest man in the world this year, is in fifth. Kenny Bednarek is in line four for the USA.
That was a brilliant final 20m from Ajayi, a great lunge for the line past Simbine.
Lyles wins first heat
12:49 , Flo CliffordBlake gets the best start but Jacobs is doing well... Lyles blasts down the centre to win in 9.92. Ajayi is second in 9.93 and he’s thrilled with that, jumping for joy!
9.96 for Simbine, Azu was fourth in 10.05. Oh no, he looks gutted.
Men's 100m semi-finals
12:46 , Flo CliffordOnto the first of the men’s heats. There’s a bit of a delay, which is not ideal for the athletes. They’ve been out here for a while.
Lyles, Azu, Tokyo Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs and Jamaica’s Blake are the big ones here.
Lyles certainly has the most attention-grabbing introduction of the bunch, hyping himself up and bouncing around.
Women's 100m finalists set
12:38 , Flo CliffordJefferson-Wooden, Clayton, Alfred, Ta Lou-Smith, Jackson, Fraser-Pryce, Richardson and Asher-Smith are our women’s 100m finalists.
Jefferson-Wooden has to be the favourite with that blistering 10.74. Asher-Smith knocks teammate Hunt out of contention.
Jefferson-Wooden wins heat three, Asher-Smith qualifies!
12:37 , Flo CliffordGood start by Asher-Smith but Clayton is flying and Jefferson-Wooden is absolutely blistering! 10.74 for the American, 10.90 for Clayton in second, Asher-Smith third in 11.02.
That’s brilliant, Asher-Smith and Sha’Carri Richardson go through as the two next best.
Final women's 100m heat
12:35 , Flo CliffordDina Asher-Smith time. She looks focused. She’s got Tina Clayton and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in her heat, those two in lanes five and six respectively, Asher-Smith in four.
Alfred wins heat two
12:31 , Flo CliffordFraser-Pryce gets a good start but Alfred is storming through - Hunt comes through for third!
10.93 for Alfred, Fraser-Pryce second in 11. Hunt finishes in 11.05 and that doesn’t look good for Neita, she’s pushed out of the two next best.
Women's 100m semi-finals
12:29 , Flo CliffordAmy Hunt is in heat two, with Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce getting a huge cheer.
Julien Alfred is the huge favourite in this one.
Women's 100 semi-finals
12:29 , Flo CliffordJust looking back at that false start, Richardson twitched but a few others did too, hence the green card.
She stumbled again at the start proper but finished in 11 flat, so that’s a strong time.
She won gold in Budapest from qualifying as lucky loser, so it’s certainly possible again...
Ta Lou-Smith wins first heat
12:25 , Flo CliffordNeita looks good, Ta Lou-Smith makes a great start and powers away, Jackson finishing very well but it’s the veteran who wins in 10.94, Jackson in 10.97!
Richardson is third in 11 seconds flat, White fourth on the same time. Neita fifth in 11.06.
Only two go through automatically.
Re-start!
12:23 , Flo CliffordSha’Carri Richardson twitches hugely in the blocks!
Daryll Neita gesticulates to indicate it wasn’t her. We know, Daryll.
Green card, to indicate it was none of the athletes’ fault and we go again. Richardson has been lucky there.
Women's 100m semi finals
12:21 , Flo CliffordThe athletes are out for the first semi-final!
Britain’s Daryll Neita is in the opening heat, in lane five, with Sha’Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson, and Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith some of the big names in this one. Neita is in between Richardson and Ta Lou-Smith. Big guns.
100m semi-finals approaching
12:16 , Flo CliffordMinutes away now from the semi-finals. We’ve just seen some footage of Noah Lyles appearing to wind up Kishane Thompson on the warm-up track, playing his usual games.
Three Brits into women's 400m semi-finals
12:08 , Flo CliffordAmber Anning has made a good start in her heat and does well to move up through the field, finishing a strong second behind Paulino in 49.86 - and gaining on the winner in the closing metres. That’s a strong showing from Anning.
Hemida is third in an Egyptian national record of 50.36!
Yemi Mary John and Victoria Ohuruogu both also qualify for Great Britain.
100m semi-finals incoming
12:07 , Flo CliffordNearly time for the 100m semi-finals: women’s at 12:20pm BST, with the men’s at 12:43pm.
Both fields are absolutely stacked: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden - the fastest woman this year - and Olympic champion Julien Alfred are the favourites, while Jamaica have a triple threat in Tina Clayton, the third-fastest woman this year, Shericka Jackson, and retiring great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt will all be in the hunt too after qualifying safely in their heats.
Favourites for 100m glory?
12:00 , Flo CliffordFour-time global heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has made her picks for 100m glory.
She told BBC One: “Kishane Thompson looked phenomenal. The strength and power he had coming out of the starting blocks, his transition phase, he even slowed down massively towards the finish line. I think he's definitely one to really watch.”
And on the women’s side? “Watching Julien Alfred's form, she looked phenomenal. She is such a powerful athlete and she has the experience as well as being Olympic champion.
“She will be a tough one to beat but Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is going to obviously give her a run. It will be very close.”
Women's 400m heats
11:55 , Flo CliffordPryce, Jaeger and Gomez qualify from heat four, the winning tiem 49.91. Britain’s Yemi Mary John finishes fifth in 50.71.
Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation
11:50 , Flo CliffordAs we turn our attention to the upcoming men’s and women’s 100m semi-finals, a note that an already-packed men’s field will be missing one former world champion in Fred Kerley.
The American was provisionally suspendedin August for an alleged anti-doping whereabouts violation.
World champion in the 100m in 2022, Kerley won bronze over the distance at Paris 2024 but could face a two-year ban if the charge is upheld.
Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation
Women's 400m heats
11:43 , Flo CliffordOnto the women’s 400m heats now, with American great Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone in action in the third of six.
So far, Klaver, Whittaker and Oakley are through from heat one, alongside Venlogh, Bokuwiecka and Butler from heat two, in that order.
McLaughlin-Lavrone wins with ease in 49.4, Weil second and Oketch third, ahead of Ireland’s Mawdsley.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen explains 1500m shock with new goal after ‘reality check’
11:35 , Flo CliffordHere’s what Ingebrigtsen had to say after that 1500m shock exit.
“It was very bad. Much worse than I had thought and maybe hoped. But it’s a reality check on how bad it has been. I think 5000 metres is more realistic. That sets a bit of a different demand.
“Of course, I’m disappointed, but unfortunately that’s probably the reality now.
“I think I might be able to respond a bit in this race and hopefully do quite a lot better in the 5000 metres attempt.
“You do the best you can. But I have to be realistic when I haven’t been able to train properly since April. I just have to make the best of it. I’m not the kind of person who lies down to cry. I’d rather get back up. Right now it’s not good enough for 1500 metres, but I believe it can be better in the 5000 metres.”
Jakob Ingebrigtsen stunned in 1500m shock as Josh Kerr cruises through
11:25 , Flo CliffordElsewhere... Jakob Ingebrigtsen was stunned in the 1500m heats to crash out of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with the Norwegian’s rival Josh Kerr able to cruise into the semi-finals.
Ingebrigtsen has been contending with an Achilles injury all season and was unable to race during the outdoor season until arriving in Japan.
And the 5000m Olympic champion, who was upset by Kerr in the 1500m at the last World Championships in Budapest, was unable to pull off a remarkable comeback, finishing outside the top six in 3:37.84, with Great Britain’s Jake Wightman, who also pipped Ingebrigtsen to world gold in 2022, winning heat four in 3:36.90.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen stunned in 1500m shock as Josh Kerr cruises through
Hudson-Smith and Reardon through in 400m heats
11:20 , Flo CliffordAnd we’re done with the final heat of six: McRae wins in 44.25, Eppie second in 44.44, James third in 44.66.
Hudson-Smith and Reardon both qualify, in third and fourth respectively of the next best six!
That’s been a nervy wait for Hudson-Smith, but he’s safely through.
Men's 400m heats
11:13 , Flo CliffordHeat five of six: Nene, the fastest in the world this year, wins with time to continually look over his shoulder at his rivals, in 44.34. Norwood is second for the US in 44.55, Molnar of Hungary has set a new national record in third.
Yahia Ibrahim of Qatar slots in ahead of Hudson-Smith in the next six best slots (surely there’s got to be a catchier way of saying that) with a PB of 44.63.
Defending champion Antonio Watson is nowhere.
The British underdog runners aiming to topple Noah Lyles and stun the 100m establishment
11:10 , Luke BakerWhile all the attention will no doubt be on the likes of American showman Noah Lyles and fellow favourites Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson, the men’s 100m is by no means a done deal.
Two British runners will be aiming to pull off a stunning upset, as Luke Baker found out:
The British runners aiming to topple Noah Lyles and stun the 100m establishment
Men's 400m heats
11:03 , Flo CliffordMore British interest in the men’s 400m heats: American Chris Bailey has won the next in 44.49, while Briton Sam Reardon is fourth.
He’s just outside those automatic qualifying spots in 44.70, sitting third of the ‘next best’ six, just behind Hudson-Smith.
Men's 400m heats
10:55 , Flo CliffordAmerican Jacory Patterson has run a blistering 43.90 to win the next heat, Rusheen McDonald second in 44.38, Edoardo Scotti has set a new Italian national record of 44.45 in third.
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi just misses out in 44.48, to nudge ahead of Hudson-Smith’s 44.68 in the next six best spots.
Hudson-Smith in danger in men's 400m heats
10:49 , Flo CliffordWow! Paris silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith shot out of the blocks as he so often does, he has run his heat in 44.68 but faded at the end and slipped to fourth! Jamaica’s Bovel McPherson came round him at the end for third and that’s quite the early surprise.
Botswana’s Bayapo Ndori won in 44.36, McPherson set a new PB in 44.51, second-placed Yuki Joseph Nakajima a new Japanese record in 44.44.
Those three have qualified for the semis, Hudson-Smith faces a nervy wait. That time should be enough for a non-automatic qualifying spot.
Dobson ran 44.85 to win his heat, for context.
Men's 400m heats
10:45 , Flo CliffordTonight’s evening session has opened with the men’s 400m heats, with the top three from each progressing to the semi-finals, along with the six fastest non-automatic qualifiers.
Current British champion Charlie Dobson has taken third in his, the first heat, so has safely booked his passage to the semis.
“I don’t think it was my sharpest race, but top three, so... I relaxed a bit down the home straight,” he says on BBC Two.
“It’s all for nothing in the semis so let’s see what happens. You’ve got to navigate round and I still feel like I’m learning - will give it everything in the semi.”
Today’s World Athletics Championship schedule
10:40 , Flo CliffordEvening session
10:35 Men’s 400m - Heats
10:40 Men’s High Jump - Qualification
11:10 Women’s Discus Throw - Final
11:25 Women’s 400m - Heats
12:20 Women’s 100m - Semi-Final
12:40 Women’s Long Jump - Final
12:43 Men’s 100m - Semi-Final
13:05 Women’s 1500m - Semi-Final
13:30 Men’s 10,000m - Final
14:13 Women’s 100m - Final
14:20 Men’s 100m - Final
How to watch the World Athletics Championships
10:30 , Flo CliffordBoth the men’s and women’s 100m will be shown live today on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
The women’s semi-finals start at 12:20pm BST, with the men’s at 12:43pm.
The women’s final will start at 14:13pm, with the men’s at 14:20pm.
Women's 100m semi-finals and finals
10:20 , Flo CliffordSha'Carri Richardson is the defending champion in the women’s field but the American star is not the favourite to defend her title, with Olympic champion Julien Alfred returning and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden showing stronger form.
Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita fell agonisingly short of individual medals in Paris but will look to get through to the finals and compete for a podium place.
The semi-finals will take place shortly before the finals, with the complete field still to be announced.
Men's 100m semi-finals and finals
10:10 , Flo CliffordThe fastest sprint stars in the world go head to head at the World Athletics Championships as the 100m finals take place in Tokyo.
As usual, Noah Lyles is the talk of the men’s field. The reigning world and Olympic champion over 100m has been involved in a bust-up with USA team-mate Kenny Bednarek before the Championships but will be on to do his talking on the track as he looks to defend his title.
Lyles will face competition from 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who was the runner-up in the 100m final in Paris, as well as Oblique Seville, Bendarek and Britain’s Zharnel Hughes, who is targeting a podium finish.
Good morning
10:00 , Flo CliffordHello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the World Athletics Championships.
Today features the blue-riband events, the men’s and women’s 100m finals, with two new champions set to be crowned in what is sure to be a thrilling evening session in Tokyo.
You can follow all the build-up, action and results right here.
