The American records eight fastest time ever in 200 meters
Justin Gatlin recorded the eight fastest time in 200 meters at Monaco Diamond meet (Photo: AP)
Monte Carlo: Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday as the American recorded the eighth fastest time ever in the the 200 meters distance.The 32-year-old won in a time of 19.68sec, just two weeks after he clocked a season-leading 9.80sec in the 100m at Lausanne. Only six men have run faster in the blue riband event.
Gatlin was the 2004 Olympic gold medallist in the 100m and 200m world champion in 2005 before he served a four-year doping ban.But in the injury-enforced absence of world record holder Usain Bolt this season, the American veteran has seized his opportunity to dominate global sprinting in 2014.Gatlin finished ahead of Jamaica’s Nickel Ashmeade (19.99sec) and Christophe Lemaitre of France (20.08).
Friday’s performance was the eighth fastest of all time although Bolt remains the king of the sport with his world record 19.19sec. America’s Tyson Gay, who only returned to action recently after a doping ban, was fourth.
( Source : AFP )
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