This night was supposed to be about Wayde Van Niekerk becoming the first athlete since Michael Johnson in 1995 to double up over 200m and 400m. Instead Ramil Guliyev, an Azerbaijani wearing a Turkish vest, ripped up the script to take the 200m world championship title. This was the first world championship 200m final without Usain Bolt since 2007, when the Jamaican finished second behind Tyson Gay. Since then the event has been Bolt’s personal fiefdom – with 48 victories in 49 races since 2008 and gold medals in every single Olympic and world championship in that era. The 4x400m is next.”Dina Asher-Smith reaches world 200m final and hopes there is more to come Read moreMitchell-Blake was left to rue another fourth-placed British finish.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 21:22 UTC