World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to fix her wig halfway through her women’s 200m heat as she suffered a surprise defeat
All the big names also qualified for the semi-finals, including Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, who took it easy in finishing second in her heat in 22:56. “I got instructions from my coach to make sure that I ran a smart race and conserved energy for the semi-finals and the final in a few days,” she said.
From both Seyni and Masilingi there was a sense of more to come – and that could lead to an interesting couple of days here in Eugene.rules for athletes with a difference in sex development , introduced after the Caster Semenya legal case.
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