World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, Noah Lyles returns

Nene has shot out of the block, Kebinatshipi is chasing and those two look like the favourites….

Botswana’s Kebinatshipi and Eppie, USA’s Patterson, and South Africa’s Nene all looked phenomenal in the previous rounds.

Max Burgin ran the third-quickest time of those semis, so stands a good chance of a medal.

Onto the final 800m semi and it’s a dramatic one full of big hitters… Spain’s Mohamed Attaoui wins from hot favourite Emmanuel Wanyonyi, those two clear of the rest.

Jamaica’s Navasky Anderson runs a national record in third, with Tshepiso Maselela of Botswana right behind him to fill the next two quickest spots. Brazier is knocked out of contention!

Ben Pattison has an honest chat with BBC Sport after missing out on a final spot: “It was awful to be honest. Tactically a nightmare. I thought I’d run close to the rail and it would open up, but it didn’t. I’ve got myself to blame, very frustrating as I had a lot more running in my legs. Very disappointed.

“I should be good enough to get through a race like that. It’s hard to get in a world final, but I’m good enough. I got it completely wrong today and that’s my fault.”

One more semi to come. 2019 world champion Brazier finished in third and faces a nervous wait to see if he’ll go through.

McPhillips overhauls Burgin and sets a new national record for Ireland of 1:43.18!

Burgin is second and safely through, but McPhillips looks so dangerous after that.

Burgin hits the front but is being hunted down… McPhillips ins on his shoulder into the final 100m. Brazier is boxed in!

It’s absolutely chucking it down inside the National Stadium.

There’s some pushing and shoving not involving Burgin, and he settles in on the shoulder of Italy’s Pernici, who leads after 300m.

Onto the second heat now. Britain’s Max Burgin is a major medal hopeful, but the threat in this heat is 2019 world champion Donovan Brazier of the USA, who spent three years out with injury but is back in excellent form.

Ireland’s Cian McPhillips was lightning-quick in his heat, too.