The third day of the 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships is going down today in Doha, Qatar—follow along with our live updates below by refreshing this page frequently!

All times below are Central.

12:05 p.m. | Men's 200m Heats

FIRST 3 IN EACH HEAT (Q) AND THE NEXT 3 FASTEST (q)

Perhaps unsurprisingly, last night's 100m world title-winning Christian Coleman will not attempt the 100m-200m double here in Doha after securing victory in his marquee event; he scratched from the 200m this morning.

We're seeing Nigeria's Divine Oduduru, this past year's 100m and 200m NCAA champion, for the first time at the world championships after an administrative error disqualified him and his countrywoman Blessing Okagbare from the 100m. He skated through the line in fourth, 20.40. Turkey's tatted-up Ramil Guliyev, the fifth-fastest 200m man this year and the reigning world champion, finished second in 20.27 with a big Q. Adam Gemili, the Brit, won heat one with a season-best 20.06. The United States' Rodney Rowe, a North Carolina A&T Aggie, finished sixth in 20.92—a far cry from his 20.12 PR. The Bahamas' Terrance Jones was DQ'd for a lane violation. Oduduru will qualify for the semifinal on time.

Automatic qualifiers from heat two: China's Zhenye Xie (20.20), Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes (20.24 SB), South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana (20.35 SB).

In heat three, Alex Quiñónez of Ecuador looked superb while running 20.08 for the win. The 30-year-old ran a huge 19.87 PR at the Lausanne Diamond League meet in July and enjoyed a monster season in 2018, when he ran six of the fastest 200m times in his career. Jamaica's Yohan Blake, the 2012 100m and 200m Olympic silver medalist, comfortably eased into second in 20.23—a season-best. The muscle-bound Alex Wilson of Switzerland will automatically qualify for the semifinal in third (20.40).

Tragedy struck once again for the United States' Kenny Bednarek, the Wisconsin prodigy-turned-JUCO product who ascended this season to become the fourth-fastest man in the world over 200m this year, in heat four as he pulled up less than 30 meters from the finish line while clutching his heavily wrapped left hamstring—an injury that caused him to do the same thing in the USATF Outdoor Championships final, and has continued to bother him in the collegiate postseason. Kyle Greaux (TTO, 20.19), Yancarlos Martinez (DOM, 20.47), and Reynier Mena (CUB, 20.52) automatically qualified.

Automatic qualifiers from heat five: Aaron Brown (CAN, 20.10), Miguel Francis (GBR, 20.11), Rasheed Dwyer (JAM, 20.37). Jeffrey Vanan of South Africa was DQ'd for a lane violation.

In heat six, last night's 100m bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the 200m, Andre De Grasse, really does look like he's almost back to form after more than a year of battling injuries—he smoothly pulled away from the field with 50 meters to go and then shut it down early in 20.20. Clarence Munyai (RSA) was second in 20.29 and Serhiy Smelyk (UKR) took third in 20.39.

Here's what we've all been waiting for: Goku's final form.

Walking down the tunnel while flashing a brilliant smile, the heavy favorite Noah Lyles strode out onto the track with the silver-dyed hair he's been sporting since the USATF Outdoor Championships in July. Lyles, the fourth-fastest 200m man in history, has been sensational as usual this season, winning the Diamond League title again in this event and resetting his PR to 19.50 in Lausanne. He also ran a 9.86 100m PR in Shanghai, which stood as the world lead for some time. Lyles let Trinidad & Tobago's Jareem Richards take the win as they eased across the line in 20.23 and 20.26, respectively. Jamaica's Andre Ewers of Florida State was edged out of the third automatic spot by Canada's Brendon Rodney, and he was slated to make it through on time, but was ultimately DQ'd due to what appears to be a lane violation. This DQ and Vanan's push Eseosa Desalu (ITA) and Aldemir Junior (BRA) into the semifinal. 

1:20 p.m. | Women's 100m Semifinals

FIRST 2 IN EACH HEAT (Q) AND THE NEXT 2 FASTEST (Q)    

After a lackluster showing in yesterday's 100m heats, reigning world champion Tori Bowie scratched from the semifinals today. Bowie's path to Doha was fraught with difficulties stemming from injuries and coaching changes, and based on her performance from the first round, it appears she might not be quite championship-ready.

Quite the heat one we have assembled here! Jamaica's Elaine Thompson, the 2016 100m and 200m Olympic gold medalist who sits tied at the top of the world with her countrywoman Shelly-Anne Fraser-Price, the seven-time world gold medalist, at a global 10.79 lead this year, finished runner-up in 11-flat to 2017 world runner-up in the 100m and 200m Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV), who took it in 10.87. U.S. 100m champion Teahna Daniels continues her terrific breakout season with a third-place showing in 11.10, and she'll make it into the final on time. 

Two Americans, Morolake Akinosun and English Gardner, will see if they can keep pace with the electric Dina Asher-Smith, this year's Diamond League champion for Great Britain and the fifth-fastest woman in the world in 2019. Gardner, who owns a 10.74 PR from 2016, made a great bid for it with the best start in the field, but pulled up just past midway through the straight with what appeared to be a hamstring injury—a brutal end to a redemption story that began for her earlier this year after coming back from severe knee injuries that required surgery. Akinosun got out pretty well, but couldn't put together the second half of the race at the same pace; she finished fourth with an 11.17 season-best. Asher-Smith showed why she's one of the most fearsome sprint talents in the world, taking the heat calmly in a season-best 10.87 before walking back to check on Gardner, who laid on the track in anguish and was later loaded into a wheelchair. Jonielle Smith of Jamaica was runner-up in 11.06, and Mujinga Kambundji of Switzerland was third in 11.10.

Shelly. Ann. Fraser. Pryce. 

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— IAAF (@iaaforg) September 29, 2019

Looking downright magical with a unicorn mane, she ran 10.81 in heat three after running 10.80 yesterday. The Jamaican blasted everyone else in the field and trotted it in with less than 20 meters to go. 2018's world 60m champion Murielle Ahoure (CIV) took second in a season-best 11.05, while the Netherlands' Dafne Schippers, who took silver in this event at the 2015 world championships, nabbed third in 11.07 and will make it in on time.

1:55 p.m. | Men's 800m Semifinals

FIRST 2 IN EACH HEAT (Q) AND THE NEXT 2 FASTEST (Q)    

In heat one, Qatar's Abubaker Haydar Abdullah didn't want to leave it to a kick at the end, and cranked out a 23.11 first 200m, pulling Wesley Vazquez of Puerto Rico with him. Vazquez took over around 300 meters into the race and went around the first lap in a ridiculous 48.72 en route to nearly resetting his PR (1:43.83) with a 1:43.96 for the win. Ferguson Rotich (KEN), who ran 1:42.54 in Monaco this year, was next in 1:44.20, and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy waited a bit too long and had to swing wide around the trailing pack at the final bend to get third in 1:44.28. Spain's Adrian Ben, 21, will make it in on time in fourth after improving his PR from 1:45.78 to 1:44.97.

Heat two: The sixth-fastest man ever in the 800m (1:42.05, 2018), Emmanuel Korir, will not contend for a medal in the final—he finished third in 1:45.19, which was too slow of a result to qualify on time after that lights-out first semifinal. Fortunately, he's also entered in the 400m. Donavan Brazier won with a 52-second final lap for an overall result of 1:44.87. Canada's Marco Arop, this year's Pan-American Games champion, followed right behind him in 1:45.07. America's Brannon Kidder took fourth in 1:45.62.

The field went out way too slow to allow for any time qualifiers as Kenya's Ngeno Kipngetich led through the first lap in 53.09, forcing heat three to come down to a kicker's race. A mad dash ensued at the 600-meter mark, and 2015 world bronze medalist Amel Tuka once again displayed supreme form, winning in 1:45.63 as the United States' Bryce Hoppel showed his closing strength in his 36th race of the season by overcoming Canada's Brandon McBride down the homestretch to secure his automatic qualifying spot in 1:45.95 for second.

That makes three Americans going on to Tuesday's final—something that hasn't happened since the 1995 world championships.

.@BryceHoppel is onto the @IAAFDoha2019 800 meter final!

Hoppel runs a 1:45.95 to earn an auto-qualifier out of heat three! He will race in the final on Tuesday at 2:10 p.m. CT #WorldAthleticChamps pic.twitter.com/Wc6m7NT2dg

— Kansas Track & Field (@KUTrack) September 29, 2019

2:35 p.m. | Mixed 4x400m Relay Final

Introducing the first-ever mixed 4x400m relay in world history! This should be the Americans' race to lose, as they obliterated the competition and the world record yesterday—plus, Allyson Felix will be in the mix, and she's looking to increase her world title count to 12, which will put her ahead of Usain Bolt and make her the winningest athlete in track and field world championships history.

Poland is the only country that won't stick to the male-female-female-male leg format; they're running male-male-female-female. That's a bold strategy, Cotton—let's see how that plays out.

As predicted, the United States steamrolled the competition, delivering another world record in 3:09.34 and breaking Felix's tie with Bolt to give her the most global gold medals in history and extend her world medal count to 17. Felix split 50.4 on the second leg.

Jamaica finished second in 3:11.78, and Bahrain, the home country of Salwa Eid Naser, third in 3:11.82.

After striking out to an early lead, Poland faded to fifth on the final leg.

3:20 p.m. | Women's 100m Final

Dafne Schippers, the 27-year-old from the Netherlands who earned silver in this event at the world championships in 2015, will not take to the line; she appeared to receive medical treatment for what is likely an injury.

Can Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith find what it takes to go sub-10.80 today? That might be what's required to win gold here in Doha against the potent Jamaican duo of two-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and 2016's 100m and 200m Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson, who are both tied for the world lead this year at 10.73. And then there's Marie-Josee Ta Lou, who won silver at the world championships and London and enters this final with a semifinal time of 10.87.

FRASER-PRYCE IS AN EIGHT-TIME WORLD CHAMPION! Her win today in 10.71, which almost reset her 10.70 PR, is a new world lead, one of the fastest world-winning times, and cements her GOAT status with global 100m titles in 2009, 2013, 2015, and 2019, as well as Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012. 

Her win today also made her the first mother to win an Olympic or world 100m title since Gwen Torrence did so in 1995, and the oldest woman to ever secure an Olympic or world 100m title at 32 years old.

Asher-Smith couldn't find the gear to go sub-10.80, but did have the finishing speed to claim second in 10.83 to reset her own national record and grab her first global senior medal. Ta Lou earned third for the Ivory Coast in 10.90, while Thompson took fourth in 10.93.

Women's Pole Vault Final

This final sure was something else, as it featured a thrilling head-to-head that saw two women continue without misses from 4.50m-4.90m, some technical issues as a pole broke and caused a vaulter falling into the plant box (thankfully, she was OK), and some sky-high clearances that resulted in a new world lead.

From the very first bar, the United States' Sandi Morris and Authorized Neutral Athlete Anzhelika Sidorova were locked in on a flawless back-and-forth pattern that seemed destined to last until the 5.00m mark—neither athlete had a miss until 4.95m, when both missed their first two attempts at the height until Sidorova cleared it on her final vault. Now Sidorova has an outdoor world title to add to her collection of two indoor world silver medals, and Morris a second world outdoor silver to complement her world indoor title from 2018.

Katerina Stefanidi of Greece, the defending world champion and 2016 Olympic champion, recorded the best-ever third-place mark at a world championships (4.85m) for third.

In addition to that drama, Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden snapped her pole in the middle of the competition, and it nearly hit her in the face while she was lying on the ground after falling short of the pit. Fortunately, after one of her competitors magnanimously lent her a pole, she returned to break the national record and land sixth place overall.

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— Travis Miller (@TravisMillerFlo) September 29, 2019

Men's Triple Jump Final

Christian Taylor is the triple jump king—with today's winning 17.92m performance, the two-time Olympic champion increased his world championship gold medal count to four. Will Claye, two-time Olympic silver medalist, now has two world outdoor silvers to his name after recording a runner-up 17.74m leap twice. He initially led the competition after Taylor began with two fouls and then a 17.42m effort once he got on the board, but Taylor's fourth and fifth attempts edged him out—first, a 17.86m, then the winning 17.92m.