RabatDL: Dwyer, Weir finish sixth and seventh in 200m
(From left) Jason Livermore, Rasheed Dwyer and Warren Weir round the bend in the final of the men's 200m inside Hampden Park at the XX Commonwealth Games (file photo)
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July 15, 2017

RabatDL: Dwyer, Weir finish sixth and seventh in 200m

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Rasheed Dwyer and Warren Weir struggled to sixth and seventh in 20.43s (+0.4 mps) and 20.48s respectively in the men’s 200m at the Rabat Diamond League in Morocco.

Canadian Andre DeGrasse won in a meet record of 20.03s after pulling clear from the pack 60 metres from home.

American champion Ameer Webb was second in 20.18 with Anguillan-born Zharnel Hughes, formerly of Kingston College and now representing Great Britain, establishing his seasonal best of 20.22s in third spot.

American 400m champion Fed Kerley was fourth in 20.27.

Howard Walker

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