birmingham double olympic sprint champion elaine thompsonherah and mens 1500 metres world champion jake wightman both sailed through their heats at the commonwealth games on thursdaythompsonherahs hopes of adding 200m gold to the 100m title she won on wednesday will partly rest on whether namibias olympic silver medallist christine mboma shakes off rustiness due to a lack of trainingboth came through their heats without a hitch in front of another sizeable crowd at alexander stadium in birminghamthe womens 200m is one of the standout events at the commonwealth games in birmingham featuring the two first home in the olympic final thompsonherah and mbomathompsonherah had a quick turnaround from winning the 100m but she barely broke sweat in winning her heat in 2280secthe 30yearold is on the first step of what she says is her bid to return to the top after a disappointing world championships last monththompsonherah topped the podium at last years tokyo olympics in both the 100m and 200m retaining the titles she had won in riobut she only took bronze in the 100m behind compatriots shellyann fraserpryce and shericka jackson at this years worlds in eugene oregon and finished seventh in the 200m finalfraserpryce and jackson opted to skip the commonwealths although fraserpryce is in birmingham as she trains with the team ahead of next weeks monaco diamond league meetingmboma has been restricted to the 200m since world athletics the sports governing body ruled she cannot run distances from 400m up to 1600m because of her naturally high testosterone levelsthe 19yearold namibias firstever female olympic athletics medallist eased into the second round timing 2320secthey go again on friday in the semifinals with the final scheduled for saturdaywightman qualified for saturdays mens 1500m final where he will be in the unusual position of being the hunted and not the hunter after his stunning success in the world championshipsthat was the bit i was most looking forward to said the scottish runner referring to the enormous roar that swept around the stadium when his name was announcedthe mens 1500m should be a faceoff between scotland and kenyain the kenyan corner is 2019 world champion and olympic silver medallist timothy cheruiyot and abel kipsang who was fourth at last years tokyo gamesin the blue corner for scotland are wightman and olympic bronze medallist josh kerrwightman 28 said he did not care that he now has a target on his backi dont feel any more pressure but a bit more hype around it for sure he told the bbccanadas camryn rogers set a new games record throw of 7468 metres in the womens hammer throw