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Last year it faced controversy after accusations of cheating - which were later rebuffed - but it only helped to boost publicity, with a "ridiculous" number of entrants due to take part this year.

"Our song is about a woman called Maria," says Brazilian entrant Tais Nader.

All six of Britain's 100m entrants safely progressed to Sunday's semi-finals, before both the men's and women's medal races take place later in the session.

Exhausted entrants to the Great North Run sweated their way through Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields to pick up their medals last week.

The 16 entrants comprise of eight teams based on their joint rankings, with the other eight given wildcards by US Open organisers.