Is there no simple gut instinct at work here? "This thing lies by design, and unchangeably based on its fundamental technological construction, and is therefore unsuited to replacing human science communication"

Nope. Just gets shrugged off as a minor whoopsie

Alas my joke was xenon tv

Why hire John 2DR 6RS? Because he's eminently qualified

Guessing: ID of the home team in CD's DB

What a race! Kipyegon broke the field with 200 to go. Her countrywomen both ran PBs but Hill still held on for third under immense pressure down the home straight

Looked like Jess deliberately missed the start with 13 bodies jostling ahead of her. Soon up into sexond

Reece Holder, sorry. He was faster than the third semi but not the second. Now, IT'S JESS HULL TIME!!

Ryan Holder led his 400m semifinal into the straight but laboured to third, and it doesn't look quick enough to make the final. Meanwhile New Zealand is on track for a second gold with Hamish Kerr looking clean at each High Jump attempt

Yual Reath clears 2.20 in his third High J and the crowd loves it! A lot of success for the Japanese tonight apart from a fall in the hurdles. Meanwhile my presence has cursed the Aussies. Peter Bol missed by 0.02 as the fastest Aussie

Both scoreboards showing high jumpers so I have no idea how Desleigh went on her third jump

Owusu waiting for her queue. Needs to improve by at least 50cm to be a chance. Lual Reath is introduced for the high jump but drowned out by the reception for the local jumper

Dying for a drink. This country has vending machines on every street corner but NONE in the stadium or precinct, and only one drink outlet serving this entire section. The queue looked about 40 minutes long

As you would've noticed on the broadcast, the live timing is often nonsense with runners in very different positions to those reported

The third 800m Aussie Luke Boyes is about to run.

Meanwhile Owusu 13.38m on her second attempt, nearly a metre short of the qualifying mark and 12th in her group at the moment

Peter Craig ran the last bend and straight very strongly to finish 4th in his heat too. The Algerian runner next to him appeared to lose part of his shoe coming out of the first bend!

The high jumpers have commenced their warmups and are scattered across the track where the 800m runners are about to take off