English: Usain Bolt at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Usain Bolt managed the sprint double when he added the 200m title to his 100m win at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Saturday.
The Jamaican stormed to victory in 19.66 seconds, six days after taking the 100m title.
Compatriot and training partner Warren Weir won silver in 19.79secs, with American Curtis Mitchell getting bronze in 20.04s.
Adam Gemili, who in the semi-finals on Friday became only the second Briton to break the 20-second barrier when he ran 19.98, could not quite match it, but he still ran his second fastest time ever of 20.08 for fifth place.
South Africa’s Anaso Jobodwana finished a credible sixth. – dailymail
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