Blake stuns bolt twice
Yohan Blake upset reigning Olympic champ Usain Bolt by winning the
200 metres in 19.80 seconds at the Jamaican Olympic Athletic Trials on
Sunday, just two days after beating him in the 100 metres.
It was the latest clash between the two Jamaican stars ahead of the
London Olympics, where Bolt's supremacy in the sprinting world appears
to be in danger.
Bolt finished second in 19.83 while Warren Weir also earned a ticket
to the London Games by finishing third.
Blake had won his 200m semi-final in 19.93 seconds Saturday to set up
another finals showdown with Bolt, who took his semi-final race in
20.26.
Blake produced his first upset of the weekend and one of the biggest
in the sport this year by beating Bolt in Friday's 100m final with a
time of 9.75 seconds, becoming the fourth fastest man ever in the event.
Bolt, the 100m and 200m Olympic champ and world record holder, was
second in 9.86 seconds after a poor start and Asafa Powell was third in
9.88 seconds.
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