Defending champion Noah Lyles, Jamaican rival Kishane Thompson and Botswanan Letsile Tebogo all coasted through their heats at the world championships in Tokyo to advance to the semi-finals of the men's 100m.

The next round of the blue riband event in the Japanese capital is acheduled for 1145 GMT on Sunday, with the final set for 1320 GMT.

Lyles, the Olympic 100m champion who is also a three-time defending world 200m champion, is the outspoken face of men's sprinting, a self-proclaimed showman who undoubtedly brings in the crowds.

Thompson, who won Olympic 100m silver just five-thousandths of a second behind Lyles in Paris, and Olympic 200m champion Tebogo prefer the quieter approach, but are equally as effective once they don their spikes.

Lyles, who also won 200m bronze medals in th

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