Yohan Blake wins 200m in
Usain Bolt ran the fastest time in the world this year on his way to 100 metres victory in the final Diamond League meeting. The Jamaican clocked 9. 76 seconds in Brussels, 0. 02 quicker than the previous best, which was set by his countryman Asafa Powell. With 30 metres remaining Bolt, who made a sluggish start, was struggling to overhaul Nesta Carter in the lane adjacent, but peeled away from his rival in the final strides. British duo Harry AikinesAryeetey and Mark LewisFrancis completed in sixth and seventh respectively, with LewisFrancis posting the best time of his season. In the race immediately after Bolt, his training partner and world 100m champion Yohan Blake responded to the challenge, running the secondfastest 200m of all time, beating Walter Dix to the line with a time of Blake s previous best this season was World champion Dai Greene finished second to Javier Coulson in the 400m hurdles, but the Brit still claimed top spot in the table. Gre br, br,
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