RIO – Usain Bolt roused a quiet morning at the Olympic Stadium as only he can yesterday, remaining firmly on course for his historic “triple triple” by coasting through the 200 metres heats in 20.28 seconds.
Racing in the ninth heat and cheered every step of the way by the sparse but vocal crowd, the Jamaican led coming off the bend and was able to take his foot off the gas to progress comfortably to today’s semi-finals.
Bolt secured the 100 metres title on Sunday to take another step on the path to an unprecedented third successive sweep of all three Olympic sprint titles – 100, 200 and 4×100 metres.
The Jamaican considers the 200 his specialist event and has promised to mount a Rio assault on his 2009 world record of 19.19, but that will have to wait for the final. (Reuters)
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