Right, for the second and final time: night-night.
And here’s a report on that 200m final.
He says he’s worked hard and deserves everything he has, whatever people say - he says that people said he didn’t deserve his 400m title. I’ve no idea who they were or why they are. He works as hard as everyone else, and this is only the beginning of what he can do; “I will show my dominance,” he says.
Wayde van Niekerk has broken down giving his interview to BBC. He turns and gathers himself.
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Looking at Van Niekerk, I wonder if he has the physical strength to win both events at the same championship, yet if not ever. He has a far leaner physique than MJ, which might help his speed endurance but perhaps not his physical endurance.
I guess the absence of Bolt is going to give us some close finishes; there weren’t too many of those when he was around.
When he crossed the line he knew he’d got a medal, but no more than that. It was actually the slowest 200m race at these championships since Calvin Smith won in 1983.
Guliyev says he’s tired but he made it, and if you want something so much, you make it.
Nathaneel Miller feels he let the country down, but that he left it all on the track. He’s got plenty of time to improve.
Michael Johnson is talking about how we’re set for a period of stagnation in terms of 200m times.
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So that’s about us; another great night of track and field is did. We’ll be back for more tomorrow. Night!
Guliyev was actually born in Azerbaijan, but left for Turkey in 2011 citing more funding and similar culture but the IAAF banned him from competing for his new country until 2014.
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The winning time was 20.09; Van Niekerk was second in 20.11 and Richards third in the same time to two decimal places, one one-thousandth behind.
RAMIL GULIYEV WINS TURKEY'S FIRST WORLD ATHLETICS GOLD!
Van Niekerk is second and Richards third. Mitchell-Blake was fourth, Makwala sixth.
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BUT HE TIRES AND GULIYEV COMES THROUGH! That was an amazing finish, five of them so close together.
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Van Niekerk leads into the final 30!
Off they go! Richards gets a a good start!
Van Niekerk does not look especially confident, it must be said (by someone not inexpert in body language).
I’ve never heard the phrase “blanket finish” as often as I have tonight.
For GB, Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake of Newham is limbering up. He looks confident and relaxed.
I guess that reminds us just what an absolute [rude word that’s a compliment] that Michael Johnson was. Meanwhile, Makwala is vibing.
It’s slightly aggravating that Van Niekerk looked so tired last evening, but you can’t write off his kind of ridiculousness.
This should be such a race.
Anyway, out come the boys, Makwala and all.
T&T’s Jereem Richards is favourite for the men’s 200m final, incidentally.
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Taylor has a shy at his final jump but it’s nothing special. Jonathan Edwards’ world record is safe for another meet.
Christian Taylor of USA wins gold in the triple jump!
Claye is second and Evora is third.
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No he can’t! It’s a foul!
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Here comes Claye for the final time; can he make Taylor fight for it?
Hejnova finished fourth in a season’s best time of 54.20; Carter won in 53.07 and Muhammad clocked 53.50. Eilidh Doyle was last.
Ristananna Tracey of Jamaica snatched the bronze.
Kori Carter wins the 400m hurdles for USA!
Muhammad, the Olympic champion is second. she tied-up badly down the home straight.
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Muhammad is tiring, and Corey Carter powers past on the outside!
Hejnova has lots to do!
Muhammad is flying down the back straight, but will it be enough to hold off Hejnova’s finish?
And they’re off!
Also running: Eilidh Doyle, GB captain.
Hejnova is going for her third world title in a row, and says this is the first time in years she’s been competing pain-free.
So, Dalilah Muhammad is a lock for this if you believe the telly, but you never know...Zuzana Hejnova is favourite on Betfair...
Out come the women for the 400m hurdles final!
Taylor and his 18.31 wristband barrel down the runway but it’s not happening for him tonight. Luckily his 60 percent is better than everyone else’s 100 percent. 17.38m, which changes nowt.
17.53m, not bad. On top of the plastacine and he’s there.
...but it’s not going to be enough. He had 20cm left on the board!
...it’s big again...
Claye is back...
Asher-Smith is very happy but thinks she can improve on her straight. She had surgery so that two screws could be put in her broken foot and did nothing for three months. She’s nice; be happy for her.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Cote d’Ivoire wins in 22.50; Dina Asher-Smith of GB joins her. Colin Jackson is excited to see how good she is once she’s a full winter’s training behind her.
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Final 200m semye then...
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Taylor isn’t quite judging his stride right, stuttering into the board. 1.26; he doesn’t extend his lead.
Claye goes again and it’s useful, but he knows it’s not enough. 17.49 it is.
“Who is your favourite to win the men’s 200m tonight?” asks Eric. I guess I’m going for Van Niekerk because he’s special, but if I was betting I might just go Makwala. Van Niekerk looked tired last night.
Miller-Ubbo of Bahamas fights for 150m then eases away to win in 22.49; Kimberley Duncan of USA is second.
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Out she goes. Here’s an old piece on what a nonsense that is.
Ah! Santos of Brazil falls out of the blocks, and she knows she’s in trouble.
So, next 200m semi; Miller-Uibo, who found herself cramping yesterday, is there are looking fine.
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“It’s strange, Gothenburg seems both like yesterday and years ago,” tweets Guy Hornsby. “Edwards was an incredibly graceful jumper, almost gliding across the runway and then just flew to that distance. It’s one of the oldest records around, but they all get broken in the end. I don’t think it’s going to be tonight, though. They should make him present the medals!”
His speed down the runway was unreal.
Schippers runs a lovely curve, wow! She streaks clear then eases up to win in 22.49 and Deejah Stevens finishes second.
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First two go through by right...
Next on the track we have three women’s semi-finals in the 200m.
He wasn’t flowing exactly, adjusting his feet before take-off, but 17.68m is enough to give him the lead nonetheless! That’s 5cm longer than Claye managed.
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...and that’s a big yin!
Christian Taylor, world record wristband and all, is at the top of the runway...
17.63 is now the lead!
Oh yes! Claye sends down a gigantic jump!
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Evora of Portugal has insinuated himself into the triple jump medal places, lying third with 17.19m.
Wightman’s dad and coach is the stadium announcer, so has just informed the populace of his qualification. That’s nice.
Matthews, Cheruiyot, Ingebrigtsen, Wightman of GB, Tesfaye and Mechaal qualify by right; so too do the next five finishers.
The final 1500m heat is underway and being run at a pace that will qualify almost everyone in it, i.e. faster than all the others.
Johnson-Thompson and Lake are both into Saturday’s high jump final.
Christian Taylor is next and delivers a better jump than before, but he doesn’t love it and not sure it’s enough to nab him the lead. It is! 17.57, and Claye will be hating that.
Will Claye is looking good; his phases are really crisp. He leaps 17.52 and remains the leader.
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Anyway, GB’s Chris Hare has eased through the second men’s 1500m heat. So too have Mikhou, Holusa, Musagala, Willis and Andrews. Musagala was involved in a home straight accident, when Douma ran into his heels and hit the deck.
If anyone’s being trying to email me and failing, the address was wrongly listed - it’s correct now and is daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com.
Morgan Lake of GB - let’s agree now never to use “Team GB” - clears 1.92m second time.
“Hardest track event is the steeplechase,” reckons Justin Horton. “Absolute murder.”
I can see that; I’ll take your word for it.
That wasn’t a great start - his landings were heavy - and 16.97m puts him in fifth place.
Clap, clap, clap, clap....
And here comes Christian Taylor!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson clears 1.92m first time; that might be enough to send her into the final.
Will Claye prepares to take his first jump in the triple final, and produces a fine one: 17.54 puts him in the lead!
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Gosh, that first 1500m heat was a bit slow and therefore a bit close. Manangoi, Kiprop, Benitz, Iguider, Lewandowski and Williams qualify; Josh Kerr of GB does not. And neither does Matthew Centrowitz of USA, the Olympic champion - in commentary, they’re not surprised as he’s looked entirely out of nick this season.
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“With the final of the triple jump about to commence,” muses Raymond Reardon, “I am extremely disappointed that West Ham’s Zaza did not stay long enough to compete in the hop skip and jump that his penalty taking skills manifestly showed he would medal in.”
That was very funny; Thibaut Courtois slamming his over the bar on Sunday was also not unhilarious.
I’d guess 400m or 800m.
So which track event do we reckon is the hardest?
The men’s 1500m heats are getting underway.
We’re watching Jonathan Edwards’ world record jump. His armpits are lusciously hirsute.
“I’m lying on the sofa with a pint of Tribute resting on my spreading middle-aged spread watching, with no little admiration, finely tuned sports machines doing finely tuned sports,” emails Adam Griffiths. “I am wearing shorts though so I’m getting into the spirit of things.
Does anyone know why BBC pundits and commentators are using ‘rostrum’ instead of ‘podium’? This is vexing me slightly.”
Just wait till they start using it as a verb.
Talking of which, when did it become bad parenting to give your children nice breakfast cereals? What a world.
In tribute to Tracey, I have just set a PB for eating a bowl of Shreddies.
So Niyonsaba of Burundi, silver medalist at the Olympics, eases through; Alemu of Ethiopia and Buchel of Switzerland take the two remaining spots, while Adelle Tracey of Breat Britiain’s PB sends her into the next round as a fastest loser.
We’re away in the final 800m heat. Once we’re done, the men’s triple jump final gets underway - that should be a jazzer.
The fifth 800m heat finished with Lypsey, Hynne and Ajok, of USA, Norway and Uganda, qualifying. Where’s Tom McKean getting boxed then?
BBC are using this! Yes! The jungle is massive/the junglist massive!
Wambui wins heat 3 of the 800; Lynsey Sharp is second and looked strong stepping on it around the bend. Nakaayi of Uganda is third.
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Keith Williams emails to also reckon that Karsten Warholm looks like Roger Black. And he did also kick their butts, so.
Semenya wins, followed by Almanza of Cuba and Jozwik of Poland.
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Goule of Jamaica is attacking hard down the back straight, Semenya gliding along in tihrd.
Yego of Kenya is also through with 83.57m. Meanwhile on the track, Caster Semenya is ready to go.
Johannes Vetter, the best javelinist in the world, has thrown 91.20m, the longest ever recorded in qualifying. Effort.
There they are, the ladz.
We are living Karston Warholm 400m hurdles gold medal winner. #Athletics #Hurdles pic.twitter.com/zVEnfTRgx9
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Cichoka of Poland wins, Bishop of Canada is second, and Oskan-Clarke of GB, who timed her finish beautifully, takes the third qualifying spot. Martinez must wait and see.
The second 800m heat is sprinting to a close. Martinez of USA leads.
It’s amazing, that which rouses folk.
@DanielHarris If you saw the BBC livetext y'day, it was mentioned that Warholm looks like former Olympian Roger Black. And rightly, too.
— Mark Press (@Stuffedparatha) August 10, 2017
I think you'll find Warholm is the spit of Win Butler from Arcade Fire. @DanielHarris https://t.co/E3bis7U8vX
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson has cleared her opening height of 1.80m in high jump qualification.
Yarigo of Benin and Balciunate of Lithuania go through too.
Wilson of USA wins easily - she looked very good indeed.
Lovisa Lindh of Sweden has a stress fracture and doesn’t start the first 800m heat. There six of them, with the first three and six fastest losers to go through.
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It’s been bothering me who Karsten Warholm looks like. I think it might be Chris Woakes.
Michael Johnson is sitting on a cushion of himself. We’ve all been there.
We’ve got Group A of the men’s javelin qualification underway along with the women’s high jump. Next on the track, the women’s 800m heats.
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McColgan says she tried to push the pace to make sure she’d be a fastest loser at worst, and that her training’s gone really well this year. The crowd helped her, whereas at London they made her feart.
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Houlihan of USA qualified, more or less level with McColgan, Kipkemboi came fifth. Grovdal qualifies as a fastest loser and so, by the looks of things, does Huddle.
McColgan ran a PB, so well-in her. She looks relieved more than pleased.
Twell finishes 40 or so seconds off the winner.
McColgan qualifies, and so does Muir with her time from the first heat.
So does everyone else!
Hassan and Gidey take out Huddle!
Huddle takes the bell and then so do the rest as McColgan finds herself slipping back.
The chasing - well, sort of - group starts to stretch, and most of its members pass Twell, who is now cut off the back of it. S
McColgan still leads but without any intensity, and Grovdal pulls alongside; Kipkemboi has seen enough and skirts around the outside to hit the front of the back.
Huddle goes and with eight laps to go she’s 30-odd metres ahead, Paula Ivan-style. McColgan and Twell lead the chasing pack.
Anyway we’re off and it’s Huddle from Nabeshima from Grovdal from Twill.
BREAKING: Genzebe Dibaba will not start the second heat. That’s not such a shock - she did not look herself in the 1500m.
So Muir is the second fastest loser; there are five spots. And given the two favourites for the gold were in her heat, she should be fine, is hurting yourself for no tangible reward is your fine.
Her plan is to recover. Sounds a goodun to me.
Muir says she feels fine, “it’s just a long way for me”. She reckons she’ll get through to the final with her time and plans to run it if she’s right.
Kiprotich of Kenya and Krumins of Netherlands are the other qualifiers by right. Rowbury of USA came sixth. Muir looked in a right twoan on the track afterwards. I’m not sure she’ll run the final even if she makes it, she looks absolutely knackered.
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Muir is hating this and both take her out around the final bend. Obiri wins in 14.56.71, Ayana second. Muir is seventh and has to wait. Teferi is through to, conformation of the others momentarily.
The field is stretched now, Ayana and Obiri in front as they hear the ball. Muir is fifth, so fine for now, but she’s not likely to catch fourth and has two chasing her.
They’re speeding up a bit, Obiri in front at 4000m. Ayana is on her shoulder.
Obiri gets in front and slows it down, then Ayana and her team-mate Teferi usurp her.
Just beyond halfway and Suzuki still leads. It’s odd they’re going as slowly, given the availability of fastest loser berths. Must be a confident field.
Laura Muir is chugging along nicely; presumably she’ll like a nice sedate pace to facilitate her 1500m kick. Suzuki is now at the front, but not exactly winding it up.
Buscomb of NZ leads, Suzuki of Japan behind her. The rest are bunched and the time is not especially fast.
Off we go, 12 and a half laps of the track, first five through and some fastest losers.
So the women are on the track for the first heat; included among them are Muir, and the favourites, Almaz Ayana and Hellen Obiri.
YMCA is throbbing out of the stadium PA. They should try that next time West Ham play at home, I reckon.
We’re watching the Norwegian national anthem, and the 21-year-old Karsten Warholm celebrating his gold medal. Whatever happened to the winning moments projected onto the stadium flag? A sad loss.
It was Laura Muir who didn’t quite time her kick in the 1500m the other day - her SB was such that maybe she could have run the race from the front. Naturally, this is the fault of the amazingly dignified Caster Semenya.
Anyway, coming up next we’ve got the heats of the women’s 5000m featuring GB’s Laura Muir, Stephanie Twell and Eilish McColgan.
Should Makwala win, Botswana will hold a national holiday in his honour. Did you know: on the island of Bermuda there’s a Shaun Goater day.
Brendan Foster reckons the organisation at the meet has been “outstanding”. I wonder if Isaac Makwala and Colleen Quigley agree.
Further note to BBC: people attending a sports event – for which they have paid – in the rain, is not a praiseworthy activity.
Note to BBC: an espresso is never “cheeky”. In fact nothing is ever cheeky, except actual cheekiness. Or someone with prominent cheeks.
Preamble
Apparently athletics has lost someone quite good at running fast; you may have have heard, who knows. Happily, athletics has recently gained someone also quite good at running fast: the incredible Wayde van Niekerk.
Van Niekerk’s 400m world record, achieved from lane 8, was far and away the most stupefying moment of the Rio Olympics, far more brilliant than anything Usain Bolt did; Bolt was probably relieved he eschewed the 200m.
Not no more. 400m already in his pocket, Van Niekerk is looking to lay down the smack over the shorter course; it seems inconceivable that he won’t, or at least it did until yesterday. But then he looked done-in in the semi-final, Isaac Makwala returned and did not, and here we are.
Also to enjoy tonight: Christian Taylor looks to attack both the triple jump and Jonathan Edwards’ long-standing world record, and Dalilah Muhammad goes after the 400m hurdles.
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