The battle for Supremacy continues as the titans clashed again in the200m duel between Jamaica’s Usain Bolt the defending champion and USA’s
Justin Gatlin at the world championship in Beijing.
Both men rivaled each other in the100m race few days ago which ended in favour of the Jamaican sprinter but it was a close race. Bolt has proved he can do it again in the 200m has done it again, winning his fourth consecutive world 200m title with a
display of supreme confidence in his fastest time since the Olympic final at London 2012.
Bolt was already in the lead after 50 metres and entered the home straight ahead of Gatlin.Looking
every bit back to his dominant best, there was no way that anyone would
have beaten him tonight. He powered home to win in a world-leading
19.55, his fastest time since the 2012 Olympic final. He clearly had
something to spare, too, as he was smiling through the last 20 metres of
the race.
It was the Jamaican's fifth fastest time of his career and 0.19 faster than Gatlin’s 19.74 in second place.
Bolt and Gatlin will meet again in the 4x100m relay on Saturday night
for the third instalment of a head to head that has gripped the Bird’s
Nest but also posed a host of complex questions for the sport and those
in it. But Bolt has proved that despite an indifferent season, he is
unmatched when it comes to the big occasion.
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