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BOLT SPEEDS TO ANOTHER HALF-LAP GOLD AS GEMILI NARROWLY MISSES MEDAL
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200M
SUCH ARE Usain Bolt’s high standards, he was slightly disappointed after clocking 19.78 to win his third consecutive 200m gold. “I’m always happy to win but wanted to run a bit faster,” he said. “I wanted to break the world record.”
Ultimately, this was one of Bolt’s most convincing victories. He beat Andre De Grasse again as the Canadian ran 20.02 after previously clocking a 19.80 PB in the semi-finals.
Behind, there was a real scrap for bronze with Christoph Lemaitre and Adam Gemili running the same time of 20.12, but the Frenchman received the verdict by a three thousandths of a second from the Briton, who had been drawn on the tighter lane two.
Usain Bolt clinches his third Olympic 200m title, beating Andre De Grasse by more than two tenths as Christophe Lemaitre just pips Adam Gemili for bronze
In fifth, European champion Churandy Martina of Netherlands ran 20.13, just ahead of 400m bronze medallist LaShawn Merritt of the US. There were a number of notable absentees from the final after Justin Gatlin of the US and Yohan Blake of Jamaica went out in the semi-finals.