Hughes can put Britain in the 100 club
Hooker is a Brit special
GREAT BRITAIN’S Zharnel Hughes powered into the 100 metres semi-finals at the World Championships as Christian Coleman sent out a gold medal warning.
European champion Hughes won his heat in 10.08 seconds to ease through on the opening day in Qatar yesterday.
Coleman was the only man to go under 10 seconds as the American clocked 9.98secs in the
from ALEX SPINK in Doha final heat to underline his status as favourite.
They were joined in today’s semis by GB’s Adam Gemili, who came third in his heat, defending champion Justin Gatlin, Andre De Grasse and Yohan Blake.
Hughes, who could land Great Britain’s 100th World Championship medal in tonight’s final at the Khalifa International Stadium, said: “I’m feeling well. I know the start wasn’t that amazing.
“I’ll work on it. I have to find my setting because the block’s a bit different from what I usually use. Once I find it I’ll be fine.”
Team-mate Ojie Edoburun ran 10.23s in the first heat, coming fifth, and qualified as a fastest loser but Coleman looked the most impressive. The fastest man in the world GARETH WALKER this year arrived under a cloud having been charged with missing three drugs tests in 12 months, a claim he contested.
But the United States Anti-Doping Agency withdrew the charge after guidance from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, the first British athlete to compete in Doha, reached today’s 800m semi-finals by finishing second in her Bateman will now face the winner of this morning’s Sydney Roosters versus Melbourne clash in next Sunday’s Grand Final.
Forward Sutton will also be on stand-by after prop Josh Papalii – the game’s best player who scored the clinching late try – was placed on report for a second-half tackle.
Canberra have not played in a Grand Final since 1994 when their coach Ricky Stuart was at scrum-half.
He said: “They put Sam Burgess in the middle and came for a war, and that’s what it was.
“It’s important we understand we’ve got an opportunity to make history now but that’s all we’ve got.
“I’ll make sure the players enjoy and embrace the week ahead, repair a few bodies and iron out a few areas I thought we were a little bit poor in.” heat. She ran 2:02.09 behind American Raevyn Rogers and was joined in the next round by GB team-mate Alex Bell.
But Lynsey Sharp, considered a medal contender, surprisingly crashed out after coming fourth in her heat.
Britain’s Morgan Lake failed to qualify for the high jump final, recording 1.85m – well short of her personal best of 1.97m.