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Usain Bolt Wins 200m World Championship Gold by jocelyncherish: 3:59pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt ran the fastest time of the
year in 19.55 seconds to win a record fourth
straight world 200 metres title and sweep the
individual sprints at a major global
championships for a fifth time on Thursday.
Five days after beating Justin Gatlin to win the
100 metres , the 29-year-old Olympic champion
and world record holder again proved too strong
for in-form American, who finished second in
19.74.
Anasco Jobodwana took bronze in 19.87 for
South Africa ahead of Panama’s Alonso Edward,
who was awarded the same time but lost out on
a medal by two 1,000ths of a second.
Jobodwana’s time was 19.861 and Edward
19.863.
The victory gave Bolt a record-extending 10th
world championship gold medal and he could yet
win an 11th as part of Jamaica’s 4×100 metre
relay team on Saturday.
Bolt, who had only run one race at the distance
coming into the championships after an injury
disrupted season, once again produced the goods
when it really mattered.
The 29-year-old got out of the blocks quicker
than Gatlin on his inside and was already in front
at the bend, where the American picked up speed
and looked like he might threaten the champion.
Puffing his cheeks out and swinging his arms
high, though, Bolt pounded down the home
straight to victory, thumping his chest with his
fist as he crossed the line.
Bolt and Gatlin had only faced each other once
before in a 200 metres race, at the 2005 world
championships in Helsinki where the American
claimed his first world title in the event and
teenager Bolt finished last.
That was the year before Gatlin, having just
matched the world record, tested positive for a
banned substance for a second time and was
suspended for four years.
Gatlin, 33, had gone unbeaten since 2013 in both
sprints coming to Beijing and his was the world
leading time that Bolt bettered to take the title.
“Usain Bolt’s a legend, man,” said Britain’s
Zharnel Hughes, who finished fifth in a personal
best time of 20.02 at his first major
championships.
“Even myself, I even doubted him a bit. But Bolt is
phenonmenal. He knows what to do when it
comes to major championships. All credit to him.”
Turkey’s Ramil Guliyevs (20.11) was sixth ahead
of Femi Ogunode of Qatar (20.27) with Bolt’s
compatriot Nickel Ashmeade bringing up the rear
in 20.33.
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Re: Usain Bolt Wins 200m World Championship Gold by veacea: 4:02pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
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Re: Usain Bolt Wins 200m World Championship Gold by Survivor33(m): 4:16pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
Go bolt go bolt the spirit king . Thats my MENTOR and role model in sport. I love him so much. I knew he would win It even though many doubted his form this season. plague by many injuries and a pelvic injury this year and also coming here to win again is something unexplainable and magnificent. The fastest man the world has ever seen. Everyone loves bolt. Lemme go and re-watch the race again on youtube. |
Re: Usain Bolt Wins 200m World Championship Gold by Nobody: 4:24pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
Highly talented young man, but I guess this is it, he should gracefully take a bow now that his ovation is loudest. Luv u Bolt |
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