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Bolt cruises to victory on China return
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-05-24 07:08
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SHANGHAI - Usain Bolt celebrated his return to China for the first time since his Beijing Olympic heroics with a comfortable victory in the 200 meters at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday.
Less than two years after his sensational sprints at the Bird's Nest arena, the Olympic and world champion treated Shanghai Stadium to a more controlled performance on a cool and windy evening in China's financial capital.
Well ahead by the halfway stage, Bolt crossed the line 10 meters clear of the field in 19.76 seconds, outside his own world best time of the year (19.56) and well shy of his world mark (19.19).
The 23-year-old Jamaican, who ran the fastest 100 meters of the year (9.86) in Daegu, South Korea on Wednesday, was followed over the line by Americans Angelo Taylor and Ryan Bailey.
"For me tonight was definitely a good run. I felt good. I felt all right," the 100m and 200m world record holder told reporters.
"Here it was kind of chilly and it was windy and a negative wind ... But I felt good overall and that's a good thing.
"I didn't think of posing (to celebrate). I did it so much in Korea I guess I was kind of tired of doing it."
The biggest name in world athletics, Bolt was making his debut in the new 14-leg elite Diamond League circuit after skipping the opening meeting in Doha this month.
