Sport Forward: GB duo reach 110m hurdles semis

European Athletics Championships 2010
Venue: Barcelona Dates: 27 July - 1 August
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Turner looked impressive on Thursday

Great Britain's Andy Turner and Will Sharman both qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 110m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships.

Turner, ranked third in Europe in 2010, won his heat in 13.48 seconds after European champion Stanislav Olijar had been disqualified for a false start.

Sharman, who beat Turner in the trials, finished third in his heat in 13.60.

Christian Malcolm, Marlon Devonish and Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun all qualified for the semi-finals of the 200m.

Veteran duo Malcolm and Devonish won their heats in 20.63 and 20.68 respectively, while Lawal-Balogun was third in his heat in 20.93.

Malcolm lost his lottery funding last year along with Mark Lewis-Francis, and admitted the latter's shock silver medal in the 100m last night was a "great inspiration".

"Me and Mark have been good friends," he said. "We struggled together this year and it's good for him to get what he deserved through hard work and hopefully I will get mine."

Later on Thursday, world champion Phillips Idowu (1840 BST) will be looking to add to Britain's medal tally at the championships when he goes in the men's triple jump final.

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The 31-year-old eased into the final with a leap of 17.10m in qualification, with world indoor champion Teddy Tamgho of France setting the standard with 17.37m.

Before that, Team GB also have two representatives in the men's high jump final (1730 BST), with both Martyn Bernard and Tom Parsons making the final 12.

None of the competitors cleared the automatic height of 2.28m.

There are high hopes in the men's 400m hurdles semi-finals (1830 BST), with Rhys Williams, Dai Greene and Nathan Woodward all easing through the first round on Wednesday.

Williams, the European bronze medal winner in Gothenburg four years ago, went through fastest if a time of 49.35secs although the man to watch will be fellow Welshman Greene, who is favourite for gold.

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Brand new European 10,000m champion Mo Farah has his sights set on a double, when both he and silver medallist Chris Thompson go in the heats of the men's 5,000m (1745 BST).

Southport's Michael Rimmer is also hoping to book his place in the men's 800m final, when he runs in the semi-finals (1950 BST).

Rimmer looked impressive in winning's Wednesday's heat and is tipped to win gold with Yuriy Borzakovskiy, the 2004 Olympic champion from Russia, and Dutchman Bram Som, the 2006 European champion, missing because of injury.

Harrow sprinter Laura Turner will be aiming to reach the women's 100m final (2045 BST), when she goes in the semi-finals (1920 BST).

The winner of the women's javelin will be decided on Thursday, while the decathlon continues.

Thursday's timetable and results in full from European Athletics

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