Gatlin wins 200m in 19.57sec
Justin Gatlin (centre) wins the 200-metre ahead of Isiah Young (left) and Wallace Spearmon at the USTrack and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, yesterday. Young finished second and Spearmon tookthird. (PHOTO: AP)
Athletics, Sports
June 28, 2015

Gatlin wins 200m in 19.57sec

Eugene, United States (AFP) — Controversial US sprinter Justin Gatlin clocked a world-leading 19.57sec to win the 200m at the US athletics championships yesterday, lining up a double World Championships challenge in Beijing.

Gatlin came off the turn in front and powered home in a career best, surpassing the 19.68 he set on the same Hayward Field track during the Eugene Diamond League meeting in May.

“I know I had a great start, attacked coming off the turn, and ran a great 150,” he said.

With his bye into the 100m at the August World Championships, the 33-year-old American — who completed a four-year drugs ban in 2010 — is now poised to challenge sprint superstar Usain Bolt in both events at Beijing.

In a race run in a legal wind of 0.4 metres per second, Gatlin’s training partner Isiah Young was second in 19.93, with veteran Wallace Spearmon third in 20.10.

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