Olympics: Emily Freeman Qualifies for 200m Semi-finals As Felix Looks to Go One Better Than Athens

Emily Freeman, Britain's sole representative in the 200m, qualified impressively for this evening's semi-finals. Freeman came second in her heat with a time of 22.95sec, just behind Rogaya Al-Gassra of Bahrain.

After Jamaica's clean sweep of the women's 100m medals, the reigning Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell Brown, is their best hope in the 200m and she did not disappoint this morning, winning her heat with some ease in 23.04sec. Her team-mate Sherone Simpson also qualified.

America's women sprinters are desperate to restore some pride after failing to win a medal in the 100m and in Allyson Felix they have the favorite for the 200m. Felix, who took silver at the Athens Olympics, looked comfortable in winning her heat in 23.02sec. Her team-mates Muna Lee and Marshavet Hooker also qualified for the second round.

Jade Johnson struggled with her first two jumps as she tried to reach the 6.75m automatic qualifying mark for the long-jump final. However, her third round 6.61m eventually proved enough as only one jumper went past 6.75m. Johnson finished 11th, with the top 12 going into the final.

Carolina Kluft, who chose to focus on the triple and long jumps rather than defend her heptathlon title, also reached the final.

In the women's javelin, Britain's Goldie Sayers made short work of making the final, throwing 62.99m in the second round of qualifying - comfortably exceeding the automatic mark of 61.50m.