Bolt to run 200m in Thessaloniki – World Athletics Final
01.09.2009 World
World and Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt, has confirmed that he will run the 200m at the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece (12-13 September 2009).
The 200m takes place on the second day of the final (Sunday 13):
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The World record holder has so far run 200m this season at three meetings. The National Championships in Kingston (28 June: 20.75, -3.6m/s wind and 20.25, -2.4m/s), in Lausanne at the Super Grand Prix (7 July: 19.59, -0.9), and at the World Championships in Berlin (18 Aug: 20.41, 0.0 and 20.70, -0.2; 19 Aug: 20.08, 0.0; 20 Aug: 19.19, 0.3) which culminated in his dramatic improvement of the World record* from 19.30 to 19.19 sec.
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