World Athletics 2011: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold

By Tom Fordyce

Chief Sports Writer in Daegu

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011



Venue: Daegu, South Korea

Date: 27 August - 4 September

Coverage: BBC Radio 5 live, 5 live sports extra and online (UK only), daily video highlights on BBC Sport website (UK only); live text commentaries; watch live on Channel 4



Usain Bolt



Bolt was proud of his 200m victory after the false-start drama of the 100m



Usain Bolt stormed to World 200m gold in the third fastest time of his life to put the nightmare of his 100m disqualification behind him.



Bolt exploded from the blocks six days after producing that famous false start before stretching away down the home straight to win in 19.40 seconds.



USA's Walter Dix took silver in 19.70 secs with France's Christophe Lemaitre destroying his personal best to take bronze in 19.80 secs.



"I made a mistake but I came back to show the world that I'm still the best," said a beaming Bolt.



"I'm not a legend yet. I'm on my way, but I've got to go to London and blow people's minds, to go to the Olympics and do something extraordinary."



Lemaitre's time equalled the fastest ever for third in a World final, but he was barely within shouting distance of the reigning champion.



After the shambles of the 100m final some had speculated that the charismatic Bolt might tone down his antics before the gun.



There were the same cartoonish charades as the athletes were called to their blocks, although the Jamaican's reaction time of 0.193 secs - the slowest in the field - indicates that he was taking no chances of a red-card repeat.