Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Usain Bolt produced an effortless run here last night to coast into the event's final and remain on course to claim a world sprint double.
Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Usain Bolt produced an effortless run here last night to coast into the event's final and remain on course to claim a world sprint double.
The 22-year-old Jamaican, who set a new world record of 9.58sec in winning the 100m on Sunday, is seeking to emulate his triple Olympic gold medal haul achieved at the Beijing Games last year.
Bolt, sporting bright orange running shoes, again suffered a slow-reaction start but he still managed to outpace France's David Alerte on his outside within 15 paces and from then on, the race was over as a contest.
Once around the bend into the final stretch, the chicken nugget-loving Bolt propelled his towering frame through to 160-metre mark and then took his foot off the gas to win in 20.08sec, a long way off his world record of 19.30sec set at the Beijing Games final.
"I just try and get through and make it as easy as possible," said Bolt. "I've been training for this for a long time now. I know what I have to do."
Bolt admitted that he was "feeling much better" than during his heats on Tuesday.
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