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London 2012: Allyson Felix wins 200 meter gold
Usain Bolt is one victory away from becoming the first man to repeat as double Olympic sprint champion and reaching his ambition of becoming a “living legend” after he qualified for the 200 meter final.
This time, too, everything is set for a direct duel with his training partner Yohan Blake, the silver medalist in the 100.
There is even talk of a Jamaican sweep, but Bolt had his doubts. “It’s going to be hard. As you can see, Yohan is ready. Wallace Spearmon is there.”
“There’s a lot of people there, who have come to spoil the party, “Bolt said. “So we’ll see.”
Blake had the fastest time with 20.01 seconds, compared with 20.18 for Bolt.
“It’s the 200 meters and we are both full speed tomorrow,” Blake said. “Anything can happen.”
After Thursday’s 200 final, Bolt still has the weekend relays coming up and even before his race Wednesday, he already was practicing the baton handoff with Blake, determined to get another trio of gold medals as he did at the 2008 Beijing Games.
