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Updates from night seven of the worlds in Tokyo
Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo after winning the triple jump final with silver medallist Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle and bronze medallist Cuba’s Lazaro Martinez. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters
Amy Hunt, your women’s 200m silver medallist speaks:
As soon as I saw my mum I just burst into tears. I knew I could do it. I knew I could do it!
As long as I put in a good turn off the bends and then I was like … expletives – a lot of them! I was like Oh my god, I am about to do this. I was just like keep going, keep going, keep going! Stay strong!
I am so proud of myself. Moments before the race I just thought about my grandad, I knew he was watching over me. I have a tattoo of him on my arm of his name.
I knew he was going to guide me. I am just so proud of myself, my whole team, for putting this together.
Women’s 200m final: Our last event of the night and what a treat.
A mere hundredth of a second separated the top two going into this final, with the defending champion Shericka Jackson just a whisker ahead of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.
Jamaican Jackson is bidding to match Allyson Felix’s record of a third straight world title over the distance, while the US’s Jefferson-Wooden is targeting the sprint double after her 100m success.
Others impressing in the semi-finals included Amy Hunt of Great Britain and Anavia Battle of the US, who both clocked the same time: 22.09. Also racing is GB’s Dina Asher-Smith.
Men’s 200m final: On the evidence of yesterday’s semi-finals, Noah Lyles looks the man to beat after a blistering run of 19.51sec to eclipse his world lead from the US Trials.
It was the fastest ever semi-final performances in the history of any championships.
Lyles is bidding to emulate Usain Bolt with a fourth straight world title in that particular event.
Jamaica’s Bryan Levell will have something to say about that as he impressed with a 19.78sec semi-final win, while Kenny Bednarek, who had an under par 100m final, was third quickest of the semi-finalists in 19.88sec.
The Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo disqualified in the 100m for a false start, and GB’s Zharnel Hughes were next best.
Women’s 400m hurdles final: Femke Bol has looked imperious all season long, extending that dominance to the women’s 400m hurdles rounds in Tokyo. Is it her title for the taking today?
The 25-year-old had won eight straight races this season before coming to Tokyo and, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone focusing on the 400m flat at this championships, it’s hard to see who might push Bol.
The Olympic and world gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad is among those hoping to pull off a big shock at the age of 35, while her fellow American athlete Anna Cockrell is ranked No 2 in the world this year behind Bol.
Men’s 400m hurdles final: The big three of the men’s 400m hurdles are back for another final.
They are on the track where all three of them dipped under Kevin Young’s previous world record mark in a blistering Olympic final four years ago.
Brazil’s Alison dos Santos did not look at his best in his semi-final but Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin will know not to count him out.
Norway’s Warholm is the quickest man in the world this year, his 46.28sec ran so recently in Silesia, and he backed that up with victory in Zurich. Benjamin’s season’s best is 46.54sec.