World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt and GB ace James Dasaolu reach 100m final
Usain Bolt raced into the 100 metres final at the World Championships in Moscow, while GB ace James Dasaolu joined him.
Last Updated: 11/08/13 7:01pm
The Jamaican was out of the blocks well and held the equally fast-starting American Mike Rodgers at bay to win in 9.92 seconds.
Dasaolu had looked very rusty in Saturday's heats, scraping through as the 24th of 24 qualifiers, but 24 hours later it was a different story.
He clocked 9.97secs, his second sub-10s time of the summer, to finish third in his semi and comfortably progress as a fastest loser.
Bolt was one of four Jamaicans into the final, with his compatriot Nickel Ashmeade the fastest qualifier in 9.90, while Nesta Carter and Kemar Bailey-Cole also qualified.
They will be joined by Rodgers and his US teammate Justin Gatlin, while the fastest losers going through were Dasaolu and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
False start
After a false start by China's Su Bingtian, 2004 Olympic champion Gatlin had the running of his heat, coming home easily in 9.94sec, with Carter taking second in 9.97.
Dasaolu sped off in heat two but was tracked down by Ashmeade, who clocked a personal best of 9.90sec, while Bailey-Cole nabbed second in another personal best of 9.93sec, with Dasaolu third.
"I am just relieved after the shocker I had yesterday. I wanted to come out and do myself justice," he said.
Dasaolu ran 9.91 earlier this summer to become the second fastest Briton in history, but has not raced since then, with a hip problem hampering his efforts. He is looking to become the first British global 100m medallist since Darren Campbell a decade ago.
Dwain Chambers and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey both went out, though. Chambers, 35, was sixth in his semi in 10.15, with Aikines-Aryeetey seventh and last in his in a hugely disappointing 10.34.
