Britain's men's 4x100m relay team, who botched up at last year's worlds and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, made no mistakes on Saturday as they qualified for a final from which they will expect to take home a much-needed gold medal.

The quartet of Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, the 100m bronze medallist, Marlon Devonish, who took 200m bronze on Friday night, and 100m champion Dwain Chambers won in a comfortable 38.55secs.

However it was a different story for the women who messed up in their semi-final.

The botched third-leg handover between Shani Anderson and Amanda Forrester left the quartet - which also included Joce Maduaka and Abi Oyepitan - to trail home sixth in 44.45secs and miss out on Sunday's final.

Team captain Chambers said: "That was comfortable - the main thing was getting the baton around.

"It will be the same team tomorrow, we all know that we have to deliver."

Malcolm, eighth in the 200m, said: "My legs are a bit stiff after four rounds of the 200m.

"But I will be even better tomorrow. We all know what we have to do and I will be giving it everything."