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Bolt beats rain, all; to win stunning 200 metres

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Posted: Jul 08, 2009 at 1209 hrs IST
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Lausanne Jamaican athletics phenomenon Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200 metres of 19.59 seconds here at the Grand Prix meeting despite it pouring with rain.

The 22-year-old triple Olympic champion - world record holder both at 100m and 200m - eased home 82hundreths of a second ahead of the United States' 400m Olympic champion Lashawn Merritt on Saturday.

Recently-crowned American champion Shawn Crawford was left trailing over a second behind. Bolt, who was running into a headwind, was just a hundreth of a second outside the best time of the year set by United States triple world champion Tyson Gay, who had the benefit of a favourable tailwind when he ran in New York on May 30.

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