Matt Hudson-Smith stuns with silver in 400m, Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes through to 200m finals

Great Britain’s Matt Hudson-Smith clinched a stunning silver medal in the 400m final at the World Athletics Championships, but may feel disappointed it wasn’t gold.

The Jamaican won it in 44.22 with Hudson-Smith taking second in 44.31. American Quincy Hall claimed bronze in 44.37.

Dina Asher-Smith safely sealed her place in Friday night’s women’s 200m final with a second-place finish behind Gabby Thomas.

The Briton made a blistering start to the race and was leading with 80m to go before American Thomas came through to seal an impressive victory, crossing the line in 21.97.

Asher-Smith, whose time was 22.28, told Eurosport: “I am happy. My aim was just to come here and qualify. Obviously I wanted to win the race but when you’re running through, suddenly you’re just like ‘am I going to hunt today?’ No, remember we can hunt tomorrow’.

“Realising I was clear, I was like, ‘great, job done, time to go.’”

“I’m really not happy with that,” she told Eurosport.

“I’m disappointed, I feel like I’m in the shape of my life so to come and run that I was very disappointed. I felt really good, normally when I feel good things just come like that, so I am very disappointed.”

Asher-Smith bounced back to secure her place in the 200m semi-finals by running 22.48 on Wednesday.

Joining Asher-Smith in her first individual final at a World Championships is Britain’s Daryll Neita, who recorded a personal best of 22.21.

Neita was just four hundredths of a second behind winner Julien Alfred of St Lucia as she made amends for missing out on the 100m final.

“It feels amazing to be in my first World Championships final,” she told Eurosport.

“And entering it with a PB just shows I really executed as best I could. I’m proud of myself.”

Looking ahead to the final, Neita said: “At the minute I’m just keeping myself cool, calm and collected. It’s really just getting some chill and raising my game tomorrow even more.”

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson eased into the final in a blistering time of 22.00, while Sha’Carri Richardson, of the USA, took second ahead of Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou, who will qualify as a quickest loser.

In the men’s 200m semi-finals, Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes recovered from a slow start to finish just four hundredths of a second behind winner American Erriyon Knighton in 20.02.

Heat 1 was delayed because of a bizarre golf buggy incident, but American Noah Lyles emerged unharmed to dominate with a remarkable time of 19.76, with Dominican Alexander Ogando finishing second. Canadian Andre De Grasse qualified as a fastest loser.

In the men’s long jump, Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece clinched the gold medal having jumped 8.52m to take the win from Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock. Carey McLeod finished fourth despite slipping on the board and crashing heavily in the pit.

Danielle Williams of Jamaica sealed a thrilling win in the women’s 100m hurdles final, pipping Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn by a hundredth of a second, with American Kendra Harrison taking bronze.