Verry high levels of athletics competition 100m women hurdles 800m mens 1500m women and series continues.

100 m Hurdles Women

The first action on the track is the 100m hurdles heats and, after Jessica Ennis confirmed that she would be basking in her hepathlon gold rather than try her hand at the individual event, all eyes are on Britain’s Tiffany Porter in the first heat.

Tiffany Porter was just ahead at half way, looking slick and swift over the barriers. She is edged out by Belarus’s Alina Talay and Canada’s Jessica Zelinka on the line, but third place and a time of 12.79 is good enough to ensure her place in the semis.

Tiffany Porter on qualifying for the 100m hurdles semi-final: “I haven’t raced since Crystal Palace where I had bit of [an injury] scare. I’m good, I’m fine and looking forward to a semi-final. I was really nervous. I’m glad it’s over and I can move on to the next round.

The United States’ Kellie Wells wins the third 100m hurdles heat in a time of 12.69. The American claps her hands in delight as she motors down after the line and she is certainly pretty cheery in her post-race interview, brushing off the fact that the timings screens have wrongly left her off the list of finishers.

Wells beat Australia’s Sally Pearson in the London Grand Prix. The Aussies have had a pretty miserable time of it so far at London 2012 with just the one gold on the medal table. If Wells rumbles Pearson again in tomorrow’s final, that is one of their bankers gone.

Turkey’s Nevin Yanit, twice European champion, clocks 12.70 as she takes the fourth heat ahead of defending Olympic champion Dawn Harper. Both are safely through to the semis.

Just for reference, Jessica Ennis’s time of 12.54 seconds in the heptathlon hurdles on Friday would have comfortably won all of these heats so far.

United States’ Lolo Jones wins the sixth and final heat 12.68 seconds, but the big story is behind her where Brigette Foster-Hylton of Jamaica comes in last after smacking the fifth hurdle.

800 m Men

 

David Rudisha stretches out and leaves the chasing pack choking on his dust to win in 1:45.90. Andrew Osagie leaves it very, very late but gets third place, the last qualifying spot, on the nod ahead of Sudan’s Ismail Ahmed Ismail of Sudan.

Botswana teenager Nijel Amos has improved his personal best by four seconds this season and is the world junior champion. He looks very tidy as he trots through to win the first 800m heat in 1:45.90. Up next is the imperious world record-holder David Rudisha of Kenya, with Great Britain’s Andrew Osagie, who has trimmed three quarters of a second of his best this season, in the same heat.

1500 m Women

Now on track is the first round of the women’s 1500m. Great Britain’s Hannah England won world silver in Daegu last year, but has struggled to rediscover that form this season. She was a distant 11th in the London Grand Prix in July. Still, she is all smiles as the camera pans across the athletes faces pre-gun

Russia’s Tatyana Tomoshova, back from a ban for tampering with urine samples, leads at the bell in the first women’s 1500m heat. Hannah England is well placed on the inside.

Hannah England is safely home in fifth to qualify for the semi-finals of the 1500m. She was walking a bit of a tightrope on the inside line, risking being boxed in by the rest in a race that featiured a bit of push and shove, but she gets the space to stretch her legs in the final 150m. Ethiopia’s Abeba Aregawi wins in 4:04.55, Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova is second.

Lisa Dobriskey, who ran her fastest time in almost two years in July, looks like she has timed her Olympic preparations to perfection.

A really commanding run from her as as she strides down the home straight to pip Morocco’s Siham Hilali in a time of 4:13.33. The crowd were bellowing their encouragement all the way along the last 100m.

Men discus final

Briton Brett Morse’s toes stray over the edge of the circle and the red flag pops up to rule his opening discus throw a foul. His attempt flopped down just short of the 60m line anyway. Not a great start for Morse, fellow Britons Abdul Buhari and Lawrence Okoye .

Lawrence Okoye whips round the throwing circle with the fleet-footed agility of Michael Flatley and the discus responds to his sharp footwork as it flies out to 65.28m – a distance that guarantees his place in the final tomorrow evening. Okoye roars his approval and coach John Hillier is on his feet in the stands.

Okoye’s effort is the fourth-best this morning. Team-mate Abdul Buhari can’t follow him into the final though with his best of 60.08m short of the 65m plus required.

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