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Sunday, August 11, 2013 | 2:51 AMKINGSTON, Jamaica — LaShawn Merritt (44.92) clocked the fastest time in the 400m heats on Day 2 of the World Championships in Moscow but his major threat Kirani James strolled an easy 45.00 to qualify for the semi finals.Jamaica’s trio of Javier Bell (45.20) Omar Johnson (45.97) and Javon Francis (45.37) also progressed to the semi-finals scheduled for 11.05am Sunday Jamaica time. Grenada’s Kirani James, right, and Jamaica’s Javere Bell compete in a men’s 400-meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (PHOTO: AP)
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Jamaica’s 400m trio Johnson, Bell and Francis through to semis