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Turner bumped up to bronze after Robles DQ

Dayron Robles clashed with Liu Xiang © PA Photos

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Britain's Andy Turner was awarded 110m hurdles bronze at the World Championships after Cuba's Dayron Robles was disqualified.

Robles crossed the line first, but appeared to clash with Chinese rival Liu Xiang in the final stages of the race. The Chinese team successfully appealed that Liu was impeded and Robles was disqualified, with American Jason Richardson handed gold and Liu the silver.

Having who scraped into the final after qualifying as a fastest loser, Turner clocked 13.44 seconds to finish ahead of the highly-rated American David Oliver, but thought he had missed out on a medal. However, the European and Commonwealth champion was handed bronze after the Cuban failed in his appeal.

"It's official, I've won the bronze!!" Turner said on Twitter. "Oh my god!!! Not the way I wanted to win a medal, don't feel I deserve it but I can't complain, wow!!"

William Sharman finished joint fifth with Aries Merritt. "What I take away from Daegu is not an arrogance but confirmation that I'm one of the best hurdlers in the world," Sharman said. "There's still London and these guys have to be worried."

In the morning session, Dai Greene fired a warning to his rivals after clocking the fastest qualifying time in the heats of the 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu.

Heading into the championships, Greene was only sixth fastest time man on paper, but the European and Commonwealth champion laid down a marker with a qualifying time of 48.52 seconds.

Greene's rivals LJ van Zyl and Bershawn Jackson won their heats, but Olympic champion Angelo Taylor finished second behind Javier Culson, while defending champion Kerron Clement snuck into the semi-finals after finishing fourth in Van Zyl's heat.

And despite surprising himself with his qualifying time, Greene believes he has plenty left in the tank.

"I felt I didn't want to expend too much energy in the heats but I didn't think I was going to be that fast," Greene admitted. "At the same time I felt very controlled out there. My preparation has been superb coming into the competition. I'm very confident and I feel on track to do myself justice."

His British team-mates Jack Green and Nathan Woodward also booked their place in Monday's semi-finals, with Green recovering from a stumble at the final hurdle to finish fourth in his heat.

In the women's 400m hurdles heats, Perri Shakes-Drayton also qualified comfortably and was joined by Eilidh Child in the semi-finals.

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