Twenty year old Zharnel Hughes is pictured above winning his heat of the men's 200 metres
in Beijing with a time of 20.13 seconds. He won his semi final in 20.14 (there were three "semi" finals:
Bolt and Gatlin won the other two).
Then in the final Zharnel improved his personal best to 20.02 seconds.
In 2014 he was 5th in the World Junior Championships.
Men's 200m final. 2016 World Championships. Beijing.
1.
|
Uain |
BOLT |
JAM |
19.55 |
WL
|
2.
|
Justin |
GATLIN |
USE |
19.74 |
|
3. |
Anaso |
JOBODWANA |
RSA |
19.87 |
NR
|
4. |
Alonso |
EDWARDS |
PAN |
19.87 |
SB
|
5. |
Zharnel |
HUGHES |
GBR |
20.02 |
PB
|
6. |
Ramil |
GUIYEV |
TUR |
20.11 |
|
7. |
Femi |
OGUNODE |
QAT |
20.27 |
|
8. |
Nickel |
ASHMEADE |
JAM |
20.33 |
|
The finish of the men's 200 metres in Beijing with Usain Bolt winning his second gold medal at the championships.
- he got a third in the 4x100m relay. Zharnel is pictured finishing fifth in a new P.B.