France's Eunice Barber beats defending champion Carolina Kluft in heat one of the heptathlon 100m hurdles The queen of the heptathlon Kluft has to receive treatment for an on-going injury after struggling in fifth place Commonwealth champion Kelly Sotherton relaxes after recording a lifetime best of 13.22 seconds that puts her third Dwain Chambers, back after a two-year ban for drug abuse, eases to victory in his first-round heat of the men's 100m In the women's 400m hurdles, Britain's Lee McConnell finishes fourth in her heat but qualifies as a fastest loser In the men's shot put final, Germany's Ralf Bartels takes the first gold of the championships with a throw of 21.13m Britain's Carl Myerscough fails to progress to the final of the men's shot put - missing out on qualification by 16cm Britain's Tim Benjamin qualifies for the men's 400m semi-finals after winning his heat in 46.10 seconds Barber's fine start to the heptathlon continues as she clears 1.89m to lead with 2201 points after two events Kluft matches Barber in the high jump but is still 36 points adrift with the shot put and 200m to come in the evening However, Kluft takes the lead when Barber is forced to withdraw after complaining of pain in a thigh Britain's Jessica Ennis enjoys a first day in the heptathlon with a lifetime best in the shot put Ennis edges out Sotherton in the 200m to finish the day in third - Sotherton is second overnight behind Kluft Chambers struggles through round two but qualifies for the 100m semi-finals along with team-mate Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain's Becky Lyne heads for an impressive victory in the second of four heats in the women's 800m Men's javelin world record holder Jan Zelezn� qualifies for the final as his retirement from the sport fast approaches Andy Baddeley will be Britain's sole representative in the 1500m final after finishing seventh in his semi-final Greg Rutherford leaps into the long jump final and is joined by British team-mates Nathan Morgan and Chris Tomlinson Russia's Inga Abitova produces a turn of speed on the final lap to win the 10,000m in a time of 30 minutes 31.42 seconds
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