BIRMINGHAM, England (August 4) —— England sprint ace Zharnel Hughes ran a wind-aided 20.30 seconds (+3.4 m/s) to advance to the semi-finals of the men’s 200m on Day 3 of track and field action at the Commonwealth Games 2022 here at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday (4).
Hughes, who helped Great Britain win a bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, last month, paced all the qualifiers from heats here this morning although his performance was assisted by a strong following wind reading.
He was disqualified at the 2018 Commonwealth Games for a lane violation after getting the edge over Jereem Richards in a photo finish decision. Read more: Day 3 – Commonwealth Games 2022 order of events and how to watch on August 4
Also advancing as a heat winner was 100m finalist Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon who looked smooth in his 20.44 (+2.1 m/s) performance to win heat one Dwight St. Hillaire of Trinidad and Tobago who finished second in 20.85.
Joseph Amoah of Ghana clocked 20.58 to take heat five, Trinidad and Tobago defending champion from 2018, Richards, a finalist at Oregon22, posted 20.68 secs (+2.7 m/s) to take heat four, Canada’s Brendon Rodney clocked 20.84 for the win in heat eight, while Dan Kiviasi Asamba of Kenya stopped the clock at 20.76 when winning heat seven and England’s Adam Gemili finished as the heat winner in section six with a time of 20.92.
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| Round 1 – Heat 1 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | CMR | Emmanuel ESEME | 20.44 | Q | |
| 2 | TTO | Dwight ST. HILLAIRE | 20.85 | Q | |
| 3 | NGR | Ifeanyi Emmanuel OJELI | 21.12 | q | |
| 4 | ANT | Darion SKERRITT | 21.24 | q | |
| 5 | GUY | Akeem STEWART | 21.42 | ||
| 6 | GIB | Craig GILL | 22.74 | ||
| 7 | MSR | Deshawn WILKINS | 23.12 | ||
| 8 | SHN | Aiden YON-STEVENS | 23.7 |
| Round 1 – Heat 2 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | PAK | Shajar ABBAS | 21.12 | Q | |
| 2 | NGR | Udodi Chudi ONWUZURIKE | 21.18 | Q | |
| 3 | GHA | Abdul-Rasheed SAMINU | 21.32 | PB | |
| 4 | CMR | Raphael NGAGUELE MBERLINA | 21.6 | ||
| 5 | GRN | Troy MASON | 21.96 | ||
| 6 | GUY | Arinze CHANCE | 22.22 | ||
| 7 | MDV | Hassan SAAID | 22.32 | SB |
| Round 1 – Heat 3 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | ENG | Zharnel HUGHES | 20.3 | Q | |
| 2 | KEN | Mike Mokamba NYANG’AU | 20.82 | Q | |
| 3 | GAM | Alieu JOOF | 21.49 | ||
| 4 | SGP | Siong En Reuben Rainer LEE | 21.72 | ||
| 5 | SWZ | Benele Simphiwe DLAMINI | 22.17 | ||
| 6 | SAM | Johnny KEY | 22.38 | ||
| 7 | BAN | Md Rakibul HASAN | 22.46 | ||
| 8 | VAN | Obediah TIMBACI | 23.45 |
| Round 1 – Heat 4 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | TTO | Jereem RICHARDS | 20.68 | Q | |
| 2 | SWZ | Sibusiso MATSENJWA | 20.79 | Q | |
| 3 | SKN | Warren HAZEL | 21.17 | q | |
| 4 | SLE | Ibrahim Karim BANGURA | 21.28 | q | |
| 5 | GAM | Sengan JOBE | 21.53 | ||
| 6 | SVG | Jabari MICHAEL-KHENSU | 21.81 | ||
| DQ | SAM | William Angliss HUNT |
| Round 1 – Heat 5 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | GHA | Joseph Paul AMOAH | 20.58 | Q | |
| 2 | TTO | Kyle GREAUX | 21.01 | Q | |
| 3 | LCA | Lenyn Kish LEONCE | 21.22 | q | |
| 4 | KEN | Hesborn OCHIENG | 21.3 | q | |
| 5 | SGP | Xander Ann Heng HO | 22.37 | PB | |
| 6 | PNG | Jonathan DENDE | 22.41 | PB | |
| 7 | MAW | Farook MPONDA | 22.61 | ||
| DNS | NRU | Jireh AGEGE |
| Round 1 – Heat 6 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | ENG | Adam GEMILI | 20.92 | Q | |
| 2 | JAM | Kadrian GOLDSON | 21.19 | Q | |
| 3 | SKN | Nadale BUNTIN | 21.22 | q | |
| 4 | JEY | Zachary SAUNDERS | 21.35 | PB | |
| 5 | MAW | Stern LIFFA | 21.43 | SB | |
| 6 | GGY | Joe CHADWICK | 21.54 | PB | |
| 7 | MSR | Julius MORRIS | 21.57 | SB |
| Round 1 – Heat 7 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | KEN | Dan Kiviasi ASAMBA | 20.76 | Q | |
| 2 | MAS | Russel Alexander NASIR TAIB | 21.13 | Q | |
| 3 | NGR | Alaba Olukunle AKINTOLA | 21.28 | q | |
| 4 | SAM | Jeremy DODSON | 21.46 | ||
| 5 | SEY | Denzel ADEM | 21.51 | PB | |
| 6 | SHN | Sean CROWIE | 21.94 | ||
| 7 | SOL | James Brock MEBUPE | 23.56 |
| Round 1 – Heat 8 | |||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Record | Qualification |
| 1 | CAN | Brendon RODNEY | 20.84 | Q | |
| 2 | LCA | Delan EDWIN | 21.19 | Q | |
| 3 | PNG | Leroy KAMAU | 21.67 | ||
| 4 | GAM | Adama JAMMEH | 21.72 | ||
| 5 | GUY | Noelex HOLDER | 21.77 | =SB | |
| 6 | AIA | Saymon RIJO | 22.66 | PB | |
| 7 | MSR | Sanjay WEEKES | 23.5 |
