{"id":6104,"date":"2013-07-07T04:25:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T04:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/athletics-bolt-delivers-200m-belter-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2013-07-07T04:25:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T04:25:13","slug":"athletics-bolt-delivers-200m-belter-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/athletics-bolt-delivers-200m-belter-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics: Bolt delivers 200m belter in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt raced to a world-leading time of 19.73 seconds in the 200m at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It was the 26-year-old’s second outing over his favoured event this season after clocking 19.79sec at Oslo on June 13.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, American rival Tyson Gay had raced 19.74sec in winning the US championships in Des Moines last month.<\/p>\n

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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt competes to win the men’s 200m at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on July 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

But Bolt fired another raking broadside Stateside with an emphatic victory in scorching style just one month out from the August 10-18 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.<\/p>\n

“That’s good, I’m happy with myself,” said Bolt, the world record holder in both sprint events, and six-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion.<\/p>\n

Wearing a blue and gold peppered sleeveless shirt, black shorts, and white and blue shoes, Bolt looked as if he meant business at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n

Unlike his experience in the Norwegian capital, he and the 50,000 spectators packed into the stadium north of Paris enjoyed balmy conditions, with temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius (81F).<\/p>\n

After an average start reaction time, Bolt exploded into the corner and was up on compatriot Warren Weir in lane seven within 10 paces.<\/p>\n

As he rounded the bend, Weir looked like he would resume parity, but teeth clenched and at full tilt, Bolt destroyed the field in the final 40 metres to set a new meeting record, the previous best of 20.01sec set by US track legend Michael Johnson in 1990.<\/p>\n

Olympic bronze medallist Weir claimed second place in 19.92sec, with France’s Christophe Lemaitre finishing third in a season’s best of 20.07.<\/p>\n

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