Usain Bolt put his 100m nightmare behind him to claim gold in
the 200m final at the world championships in Daegu Saturday.
Bolt, disqualified for a false start in the final of the shorter sprint, made
no mistake this time as he powered to victory in 19.40 seconds, the fourth
fastest of all time.
"I feel great. I'm still the best. After the false start on Sunday, I was
extremely disappointed not to have given myself the chance to defend my 100m
title," Bolt said, AFP reported.
"The 200m represented a great opportunity for me to put it behind me and move
on, and I've been determined to do so all week," he added, AFP reported.
Olympic champion Bolt was defending the title he won in Berlin in 2009 and
the outcome never looked in doubt once he had come safely out of his blocks and
quickly made up ground on Walter Dix of the United States on his outside.
Dix took silver in 19.70 seconds with France's Christophe Lemaitre in bronze
as he broke the 20 seconds barrier for the first time.
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