Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin and Allyson Felix raced to easy victories at the World Track and Field Championships in Beijing on Tuesday night, moving closer to add more medals to their collections.
Bolt, the three-time defending World 200m champion, clocked 20.28 to prevail in his 200m first-round heat, jogging on the final straightaway. Bolt, who holds the 200m world record of 19.19, won the 100m by .01 over Gatlin on Sunday.
Gatlin, racing in the next heat a few minutes later, prevailed in 20.19, easing in his final several strides. Gatlin won the 2005 World 200m title, one year before he failed a drug test that led to a four-year doping ban and two years before Bolt won his first Worlds medal, silver in the 200m behind Tyson Gay.