GB & NI athletes made it through to the semi-finals during the morning session of the third day at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow.
There will be three GB & NI representatives in the semi-finals of the women's 400m hurdles. Perri Shakes-Drayton (Coach: Chris Zah) continued her excellent 2013 form as she was a comfortable winner of her heat in a time of 54.42 to qualify routinely for tomorrow's semi-finals. She said: "That felt good, there was relief that I'm through. I just need to rest and look after myself and recover properly and tomorrow's another day."
Eilidh Child (Malcolm Arnold) was similarly impressive as she booked her place in the semi-final thanks to a second place finish in a time of 55.17. After successfully navigating the first round in the tightest lane, the 26 year old is excited by the prospect of lining up in the semi-final tomorrow.
Child said: "That was alright. It was a bit messy but I'm just glad to get it out of the way. This is the fittest I've been going into a championship so I'm just focusing on tomorrow night as I really want to get into that final."
Despite hitting a hurdle on the back straight, Meghan Beesley (Nick Dakin) also secured straightforward qualification as she finished second in the first of the five heats. Her time of 55.45 was just one hundredth of a second behind heat winner Denisa Rosolova of the Czech Republic and the 23 year old was satisfied to have recovered well to clinch second place.
Beesley said: "It was a bit scary on the back straight nearly falling over, but after that I felt strong. Hopefully I'll get a clean race in the next round. I'm so happy with second as hopefully I'll get a good lane in the next round."
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Mike Holmes) got her heptathlon campaign underway with a run of 13.49 in the 100m hurdles, just one hundredth of a second slower than her personal best, to go straight into seventh place. She followed that up with a best clearance of 1.83m in the high jump.
