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The Americans took the entire podium in the 200m at the host World Championships in Athletics

MOSCOW, July 22 – RIA Novosti. At the World Athletics Championships held in American Eugene, American Noah Lyles became the best in the 200 meters.

His result was 19.31 seconds, the world record belongs to Jamaican Usain Bolt (19.19). Lyles was a three-time world champion. Next on the podium are American Kenneth Bednarek (19.77) and Herrion Knighton (19.80).

Jamaican Sherika Jackson (21.45) won the world title record in women in this discipline, compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (21.81) won the silver, and England’s Dina Asher-Smith (22.02) won the bronze.

The World Athletics Championships will end on July 24. On the background of events in Ukraine on March 1, the World Council of Athletics Association (World Athletics Association) suspended the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international tournaments, including the World Championships in Eugene. Prior to that, due to a doping scandal, since 2015 the Russians had the right to play in a neutral status.

Source: Ria

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