World Athletics Championships live: Updates, times and results with Max Burgin and Matt Hudson-Smith in action – UK Times

It’s another action-packed day in Tokyo with four medal events to be contested, while the competition hots up in the men’s and women’s 400m as the final line-ups are decided.

We kick things off with the men’s 800m heats, with great Britain’s Max Burgin in the hunt for a medal alongside Kenya’s favourite for gold, Emmanuel Wanyonyi.

Later on, British hopeful Matt Hudson-Smith will run in the men’s 400m semi-finals – although expectations are lower after he felt a tweak in his hip during the heats, when he finished outside the automatic qualifying spots. Britons Sam Reardon and Charlie Dobson are in action too.

Then hurdling great Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone will take to the track for the women’s 400m, with Britain’s Amber Anning contesting the same heat.

The night session concludes with the women’s 1500m final – with Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon the hot favourite – and the men’s 110m hurdles final.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent’s coverage of day four at the World Athletics Championships in Japan.

It was an action-packed and dramatic day three, with photo finishes in the men’s marathon and 3000m steeplechase after Alphonce Felix Simbu and Geordie Beamish timed their kicks to perfection.

Mondo Duplantis dazzled with another world record to land a men’s pole vault gold, while the men’s 1500m saw controversy with Cole Hocker, the Olympic champion, disqualified for ‘jostling’.

Follow along for all the updates and results from a busy evening session in Tokyo.