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Richards vies for 200m gold today at World Champs

JEREEM RICHARDS will aim to get Trinidad and Tobago's first medal at the 2017 London IAAF World Championships, when he competes in the men's 200-metre final, today.

Yesterday, Richards won his semi-final easily clocking 20.14 seconds in heat two. Finishing behind Richards was Japanese Abdul Hakim Sani Brown in 20.43, while Jamaican Yohan Blake was third in 20.52. Brown qualified for the final but Blake missed out. The first two in each of the three heats and the next two fastest athletes qualified for the final. 

Kyle Greaux unfortunately will not join his countryman Richards in the final. Greaux was eighth in 20.65 among the nine athletes in heat one, which was won by American Isiah Young in 20.12. Today's final will run off at 4.52 pm TT time with Richards running in lane seven. 

In the final lanes two to nine will be occupied. 

The other finalists are Great Britain's Nethaneel Mitchell- Blake (lane two), South African Wayde Van Niekerk (lane three), Young (lane four), Ramil Guliyev of Turkey (lane five), Isaac Makwala of Botswana (lane six), Brown (lane eight) and American Ameer Webb (lane nine). 

Double Olympic medallist Keshorn Walcott will line up in Group B of the men's javelin qualification today, among 15 competitors. Group A will also comprise 16 athletes. 

And Semoy Hackett will aim for a place in the final of the women's 200m when she competes in heat two of the semi-finals today.

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