so, sergey shubenkov has said he cannot think again when he will be able to fly the russian flag on ahad a lot of it is also an metres, van niekerk reece says 400m final tomorrow, he is the favourite in that, one of the favourites in the 200 as well, he is doubling up. all eyes were on him, notjust because he is supremely talented, he was in heat three, but the british runner danny talbot was alongside him and he had a race of his life. a personal best for him. let us see every we can show that to you now. you can see how the two of them just cruised towards the line and almost have a little bit of a chat, look at each other and they really enjoyed that. van niekerk just each other and they really enjoyed that. van niekerkjust pipping danny talbot but he was absolutely delighted to qualify as did hughes and mitchell—bla ke as delighted to qualify as did hughes and mitchell—blake as well. here is danny talbot. i got through that is what today was all about. and now i‘ve just got to go back, recover and try to do it again. i‘m not interested in times, it‘s nice knowing that i got a pb,

world champion hurdler sergey shubenkov is one ofjust i9 russians allowed to compete here, but only as country is banned for state—sponsored doping. but it is gatlin who is athletics‘ pantomime villain and the sport's most powerful man admitted it is a result he could do without. it is not the perfect script. it is a result he could do without. i am hardly going to sit here and tell you i am eulogistic that somebody who has served two bans in our sport would walk off with one of our glittering prizes, but he is eligible to be here. last night, i asked gatlin whether the sport could be proud of its new 100 metres champion. whether the sport could be proud i faced all the rules and the penalties, and i have inspired other athletes, you know, to be better, young athletes. you know, to be better, i have done so much in the community back home. i want them to know that mistakes can happen but you cam come back and work hard for them, and you can be accepted back to your sport. and you can be accepted american national anthem plays. and you can be accepted many in the sport had hoped the jam