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Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin through 100m heats at World Athletics Championships

Usain Bolt reaches the 100m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships, while Justin Gatlin clocks 9.83s in the heats in Beijing.

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin are both through to the semi-finals of the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships after coasting through their heats.

Gatlin cruised to victory in the penultimate heat and, despite looking around to survey his opponents, still clocked 9.83s.

Mike Rodgers of the United States, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Reza Ghasemi of Iran compete in the Men's 100 metres heats during day one of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 22, 2015© Getty Images

Double Olympic champion Bolt then had a poor start, but managed to beat Mike Rodgers in the final heat to win in 9.96s.

Asafa Powell, who has said that he is aiming to run under 10 seconds as often as he can in Beijing, stayed true to his word by running 9.96s on his way to winning the opening heat, before Tyson Gay took heat two with a much slower 10.13s.

Great Britain's CJ Ujah is through after finishing second to promising US teenager Trayvon Bromell, who ran 9.91s from the outside lane.

Richard Kilty is also through as a fastest loser, but James Dasaolu is out following a time of 10.13s.

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