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こんにちは – kon’nichiwa – and welcome to the World Athletics Championships – night four!

And, of course, it’s another nicky banger. Matt Hudson-Smith, Olympic 400m silver medallist, found it tough in qualifying, a leggy last 150m leaving him reliant on a fastest loser’s semi-final spot. But he made it, the question now what he’s got left – but he’s had a little more luck: he runs in heat three, with Jacory Patterson, so impressive on Sunday night, in heat two and Zakithi Nene, fastest in the world this year, in one.