Live text commentary from day one of the 2010 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha
TOO EASY: Jenny Meadows cruises into the final of the 800m hoping to improve on her bronze medal from last year's World Outdoor Championships in Berlin (Getty Images)
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19:45 (+3 GMT): That's it for day one in Doha. We'll be back at 9am (+3 GMT) on Saturday morning.
Day two in Qatar sees the first finals of the competition and all eyes will be on the men's 60m final scheduled for 18:50 Saturday evening after Dwain Chambers qualified fastest.
19:41 (+3 GMT): We are at the half way stage in the men's heptathlon as today's events come to a close at the ASPIRE Dome.
It couldn't get much closer with American Bryan Clay just edging the standings overnight on 3549 but Russia's Aleksey Drozdov is only one point behind after notching up 887 points in the high jump clearing 2.09m.
The Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov could still top the podium as he sits in third with 3477 points but will need to improve on his high jump performance where he was the first athlete to crash out only clearing 2m.
19:35 (+3 GMT): Chris Brown from the Bahamas, American Jamaal Torrance and Costa Rica's Nery Brenes make up the last places in the men's 400m final tomorrow.
Brown's winning time of 46.64 seconds was more than half a second slower than Jackson, who now looks favourite to take the title.
19:33 (+3 GMT): It's the last event on the track for day one and 
Richard Buck is hoping to make the final for Great Britain in the second 400m semi final.
19:28 (+3 GMT): American Bershawn Jackson continues his impressive form in the 400m just pipping Ireland's David Gillick on the line in 46.13 seconds. Cuba's William Collazo secures his place in the final coming home in third.
Chris Tomlinson can only manage 7.75m with his final jump fof the day and that is just not enough to make the final. Not a good day for the Brits in the sand pit.
19:25 (+3 GMT): The last track events are about to get underway with the men's 400m semis.
19:15 (+3 GMT): America's Debbie Dunne wins the other 400m semi in some style but in a much slower time of 52.09 seconds than rival Firova.
Bulgaria's Vania Stambolova also makes the final alongside Amantle Montscho from Botswana.
19:08 (+3 GMT): In the first track semi final of the Championships Tatyana Firova from Russia won the women's 400m in 51.36 seconds.
The top three go through automatically and she will be joined by Jamaica's Novlene Williams-Mills and Guyana's Aliann Pompey.
Greg Rutherford is out! He really should have made the long jump final along with Irving Saladino, who also finds himself out of the competition thanks to the exploits of the jumpers in Pool B.
British hopes rest on Tomlinson's shoulders now.
19:05 (+3 GMT): Chris Tomlinson gets a pretty big jump under his belt but alas it's red flagged. He has one more chance to reach 8m, fingers crossed we have one British long jumper in the final.
18:59 (+3 GMT): Read more about the men's 60m hurdles qualifiers which featured defending champion Liu Xiang from China.
Gabon's Paulette Zang Milana takes the final women's 60m hurdles heat in 7.31 seconds. Sheri-Ann Brooks, Mikele Barber and Lina Grincikaite took the final automatic qualifying places.
The four fastest losers have been confirmed as Folake Akinyemi, Emma Rienas, Claire Brady and Mariya Ryeniyen.
18:55 (+3 GMT): Kate Dennison will be gutted to finish in 9th on 4.35m with only the top eight in the women's pole vault securing their place in the final.
Isinbaeva qualifies top after she finally cleared 4.55m but she was the only one to do so. Fabiana Murer from Brazil headed a list of six athletes who cleared 4.45m with Germany's Kristina Gadschiew the only one to squeeze through on 4.35m.
18:50 (+3 GMT): Laverne Jones-Ferrette from the Virgin Islands runs 7.14 seconds in the 60m hurdles. Also through Veronique Manq from France, Olesya Povh from the Ukraine and Sweden's Lena Berntsson.
American Carmeltia Jeter secures her place with a time of 7.30 seconds in the fourth heat. All eyes will be on the battle between Jones-Ferrette and Jeter in the latter stages.
18:43 (+3 GMT): Isinbaeva clears 4.55m by miles! About time too.
18:40 (+3 GMT): Defending champion Elena Isinbaeva from Russia has only one attempt left at 4.55m in the pole vault. This would be a massive upset if she failed to make the final. She has now hidden herself under a blanket to prepare for the final attempt.
18:37 (+3 GMT): The big names are out in the second heat. Veronica Campbell-Brown wins for Jamaica in 7.21 seconds.
The Bahama's Chandra Sturrup comes second, Germany's Yasmin Kwadwo third and Maria Aurora Salvagno from Italy in fourth.
Evgeniya Polyakova from Russia and Tahesia Harrigan of the British Virgin Islands also make it through from the first heat.
18:35 (+3 GMT): Now it's the women's turn. France's Myriam Soumare wins the first heat and Britain's Joice Maduaka uses her long legs to come through in fourth. Again it's the top four who qualify for tomorrow's semis.
18:28 (+3 GMT): Robles has an awful start but still has time to ease up miles before the line to take the win. Just shows that he is a class apart.
18:25 (+3 GMT): The pressure is building up inside the ASPIRE Dome and Nepal's Dhirendra Chaudhary can't deal with it as he produces one of the most obvious false starts you'll ever see. Off he goes.
18:18 (+3 GMT): Felipe Vivancos wins the penultimate heat for Spain in 7.66 seconds.
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The Chinese fans are causing a bit of disruption in the stands refusing to be quiet when Xiang Liu lined up in the 60m hurdles. 18:12 (+3 GMT): Almost time for Dayron Robles in the final heat of the 60m hurdles.
Russia's Evgeniy Borisov took the third heat with Helge Schwarzer from Germany, Xiang Liu of China and Sweden's Philip Nossmy also qualify.
Great to see Liu back after his recent struggles but he is far from his best.
18:08 (+3 GMT): It's still chaotic down there with the field competitors getting jostled and distracted from all quarters as they try to focus - Sportsbeat's David Jordan in Doha.
18:01 (+3 GMT): Our second disqualification of the day - poor Paulo Villar from Columbia didn't even realise the new ruling but it was soon explained to him as he was ordered off the track.
American Terence Trammell remains focussed to win the second heat in 7.59 seconds. Also through are Shamar Sands from the Bahamas, Belgium's Damien Broothaerts and Croatia's Jurica Grabusic.
17:57 (+3 GMT): Read more on today's events so far: Lagat gives Bekele gentle reminder in the 3000m heats.
Great Britain's Scott Overall came eighth in his heat and overall definitely won't qualify for the final.
17:53 (+3 GMT): American Olympic bronze medallist David Oliver starts the men's 60m hurdles heats with a solid performance to cross the line first. He put in a time of 7.60 seconds ahead of Hungary's Daniel Kiss, Germany's Alexander John and Belgium's Adrien Deghelt.
Rather generously the top four from each heat go through. One down, four races to go.
17:45 (+3 GMT): Aussie Mitchell Watt is the only long jumper to reach 8m in the first pool of qualifiers with Frenchman Salim Sdiri getting 7.94m.
Olympic gold medallist Irving Saladino could only match Rutherford's 7.80m. Let's hope the second lot can impress when they get their turn at 18:50 (+3 GMT).
17:40 (+3 GMT): Rutherford could still qualify with his second jump of 17.80m which is ridiculous when you consider the calibre of athlete on offer - Sportsbeat's David Jordan in Doha.
17:33 (+3 GMT): Bernard Lagat just seems to keep going and going. He wins the second 3000m heat in a time of 7:59.99. It was 10 years ago when he won his first Olympic medal in Sydney. Time flies.
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17:25 (+3 GMT): British champion Greg Rutherford still hasn't reached the all-important 8m mark in the men's long jump. His second attempt is 7.80m so at least he's getting closer.
Neither Rutherford or Tomlinson have actually jumped 8m this season but today would probably be a good day to put that right.
17:19 (+3 GMT): Kenya's Augustine Kiprono Choge obviously took the hint after the day's earlier slow heats and picked up the pace in the men's 3000m heat to win in 7:43.80 minutes.
Read more about the men's 1500m heats which saw Abdelati Iguider qualify fastest.
17:08 (+3 GMT): Dayron Robles is doing some painful looking warm-up stretches ahead of his appearance in the men's 60m hurdles at 17:50 (+3 GMT)
In the first pool for the men's long jump qualifying Panama's Irving Saladino is taking it to the wire as he has managed only two no jumps so far. No pressure then.
16:58 (+3 GMT): Samson Oni qualifies third for the men's high jump after clearing 2.26m. Russian pair Ivan Ukhov and Yaroslav Rybakov were the only ones to clear 2.29m.
The shot put has finished in the men's heptathlon showing the men from the boys.
American Bryan Clay remains top of the standings on 2690 points thanks to a throw of 15.31m, followed closely by the Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov who is just 16 points behind.
Russian Aleksey Drozdov has moved up to third overall after a monstrous throw of 17.17m to record a PB and scoop 924 points.
16:48 (+3 GMT): Gezahegne runs like a woman possessed to come back and win the race! Spain's Natalia Rodriguez comes second and Poland's Sylwia Ejdys is third.
Helen Clitheroe qualifies for the final as a fastest loser but unsurprisingly Best comes down in eighth.
America's Erin Donohue and Belarussian Natallia Kareiva also go through as fastest losers for Sunday's final.
16:45 (+3 GMT): This heat is so slow that the Ethiopian Kalkidan Gezahegne takes a tumble with three laps left after everyone is so tightly packed together. She's made it back up to sixth though with one to go.
16:41 (+3 GMT): Charlotte Best goes in the second 1500m qualifier - she's more of an 800m runner though and would be a shock finallist.
16:40 (+3 GMT): Kate Dennison makes 4.20m in her second attempt in the women's pole vault qualies.
16:37 (+3 GMT): Shot put leg of the heptathlon - Aleksey Drozdov smashes his personal best to throw 17.17m with his first attempt.
Parsons misses second attempt at 2.29m. So does Oni.
16:35 (+3 GMT): Burka wins, Alminova second and USA's Sarah Bowman with a personal best of 4:12.91 minutes in third. They go through.
Clitheroe came through in fourth but her time of 4:13.97 is very slow, she'll basically need five of the four competitors in this next heat to fall over. Let's keep our fingers crossed though!
16:34 (+3 GMT): Clitheroe sixth at the bell.
16:32 (+3 GMT): This is SLOW! 2:17 minutes at 800m means the top three will go through but they may well miss out on the two fastest loser spots.
16:31 (+3 GMT): Kenya's Jelegat is an early faller but it's so early, she'll be back amongst the pack in no time.
Samson Oni failed that first attempt at 2.29m - Russia's Ivan Ukhov is the only person to have made it thus far.
16:28 (+3 GMT): USA's Dusty (yes, that is a great name) Jonas also fails his first attempt at 2.29m. Samson Oni is next at the same height.
Women's 1500m first heat is up on the track - high class first heat with Helen Clitheroe amongst the likes of Irene Jelegat, Anna Alminova and Gelete Burka.
16:26 (+3 GMT): Tom Parsons is up in the high jump - he fails first jump at 2.29m. He's got another couple of shots at it though.
16:18 (+3 GMT): Women's pole vault qualification is imminent in Doha. There's no excuse not knowing that Russia's Elena Isinbaeva is favourite for gold here.
The Russian is defending champion here but lost her outdoor world title in Berlin last year after failing to record a height in the final. Something tells me that won't happen again!
16:10 (+3 GMT): In the men's triple jump the only two athletes to jump the qualifying distance of 16.95m were Cuba's Yoandris Betanzos who made 17.11m and Sweden's Olympic and world champion Christian Olsson who jumped 17.07m.
Morocco's Abdalaati Iguider takes the final 1500m heat ahead of Ethiopia's Mekonnen Gebremedhin.
America's Garrett Heath, Kenya's Haron Keitany and Frenchman Mehiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad go through as the three fastest losers.
16:02 (+3 GMT): Defending champion Deresse Mekonnen from Ethiopia won the second heat in the 1500m in 3:39.66 minutes ahead of Spain's Diego Ruiz, who just held on to push Kenya's Haron Keitany down to third and out of the automatic qualification places.
Tim Bayley was more than two seconds back to finish fifth in a time of 3:42.57.
15:55 (+3 GMT): Morocco's Amine Laalou won the first of the three men's 1500m heats in a time of 3:39.96 minutes. Juan van Deventer from South Africa finished second to qualify as the top two make it through to tomorrow's final plus the day's three fastest losers.
The women's pole vault qualification is about to start with Kate Dennison hoping to make the final for Great Britain.
15:45 (+3 GMT): Russian pair Roman Smirnov and Aleksandr Vashurkin also make the semis as fastest losers.
15:35 (+3 GMT): Ryan Mosley from Austria wins the fifth heat and qualifies along with Switzerland's Pascal Mancini and Churandy Martina from the Dutch Antilles.
In the final heat Daniel Bailey from Antigua takes the win and Iran's Reze Ghasemi and Nigeria's Peter Emelieze go through.
15:25 (+3 GMT): Switzerland's Rolf Fongue suffers the dubious honour of being the first athlete to get disqualified under the new IAAF regulations. One strike and you're out.
Spain's Angel David Rodriguez took the fifth heat in 6.67 seconds. Jamaica's Nesta Carter and Brazil's Vicente de Lima also go through.
15:19 (+3 GMT): American Mike Rodgers runs 6.69 seconds to take the fourth 60m heat.
Rodney Green comes second for the Bahamas and Ronald Pognon from France also qualifies.
Catch up on the earlier action where Meseret Defar eased into the final of the 3000m posting the quickest time.
15:12 (+3 GMT): Aikines-Aryeetey joins Chambers in tomorrow's semi finals squeezing through in third after a poor start.
Brian Mariano from the Dutch Antilles won the race in 6.66 seconds with Oman's Barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi in third.
15:06 (+3 GMT): Chambers wins at a canter to take the second heat in 6.59 seconds.
Nigeria'sOgho-Oghene Egwero finished second and Sierra Leone's Ibrahim Kabia also qualified in third.
Will GB's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey match Chambers in the next heat?
15:00 (+3 GMT): America's Trell Kimmons takes the first of the men's 60m heats in 6.60 seconds.
Qatar's Samuel Francis came second causing great celebrations among his home crowd. Liberia's Abraham Morlu took third.
Dwain Chambers is up next for Great Britain.
14:52 (+3 GMT): Jones eases through in 7.95 seconds. Jamaica's Vonette Dixon took second and Cuban Anay Tejeda third.
We all remember the 110m final at Beijing 2008 where Jones fell at the penultimate hurdle to lose out on an Olympic medal, hopefully no repeat here.
14:47 (+3 GMT): Coming up later is the qualification for the men's long jump final which sees British rivals Chris Tomlinson and Greg Rutherford take on the world's best.
The women in the 60m hurdles are getting quicker and quicker.
Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep wins in 7.94 seconds. Jamaican Lacena Golding-Clarke and German Nadine Hildebrand also qualify.
American Lolo Jones is up next.
14:41 (+3 GMT): The second heat was even faster with Belgian Eline Berings makes it through first in 8.00 seconds.
Norway's Christina Vukicevic is in second and Canada's Perdita Felicien finishes third.
14:35 (+3 GMT): American Ginnie Powell takes the first women's 60m hurdles heat in 8.07 seconds. Lucie Skrobakova from the Czech Republic took second and Russia's Tatyana Dektyareva took the final automatic qualification place.
A good run from Gemma Bennett saw her not far off her season's best in 8.20 seconds to finish fifth.
World and Olympic champion Christian Olsson has already qualified in the triple jump with an opening jump of 17.07m. The qualification standard is set at 16.95m.
14:29 (+3 GMT): The men's triple jump qualifying is about to begin. Britain's Phillips Idowu is not in Doha after pulling out following the birth of his second child last week.
The eight to qualify from the women's 3000m second heat:
Defar, Kibet, Bekele, Abdullayeva, Augusto, Davila, Chojecka, Herzoq.
14:23 (+3 GMT): The top eight will all go through from heat two after setting a much quicker pace than the first heat. Perhaps an unfair advantage for those running second?
Meseret Defar from Ethiopia led the pack around in 8:48.23 minutes.
Gemma Turtle finishes 11th and last way off the pace in 9:17.55 minutes.
14:15 (+3 GMT): The second and final heat is underway with the final taking place tomorrow.
It's a quick opening pace which is bad news for Parker.
14:08 (+3 GMT): Ethiopia's Sentayehu Ejigu crossed the line first in 9:00.34 minutes to win the first heat of the women's 3000m.
Sara Moreira from Portugal came second, Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot third and Rene Kalmer of South Africa took the last automatic spot.
Barbara Parker agonizingly missed out in fifth after looking set to finish in the top four on the final straight. Perhaps a bit of inexperience showing but she might make it through as a fastest loser.
14:01 (+3 GMT): The first heat in the women's 3000m is underway. Barbara Parker is Great Britain's only representative.
Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot is slowly making her presence known moving up the pack. Eight laps to go with the first four going through by right.
13:50 (+3 GMT): The afternoon session is about to commence in Doha. Keep reading to be the first to find out what thrills and spills the ASPIRE Dome has in store for us on th opening day of the Championships.
Coming up at 14:00 (+3 GMT) are the women's 3000m heats.
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