American men sweep 200 metres at the world championships

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EUGENE, Ore.—Noah Lyles led one other American sweep within the sprints, whereas Canadian Aaron Brown completed seventh within the males’s 200 metres on the world athletics championships Thursday.

“I’m disenchanted, I’m damage however that’s a part of the sport,” Brown stated, after crossing the road in 20.18 seconds. “Generally issues don’t prove your means and you must preserve digging, preserve preventing, preserve going again to the drafting board and work out what you bought to do to be prepared for the subsequent second.”

Lyles gained in an American-record time of 19.31 seconds, adopted by teammates Kenneth Bednarek (19.77) and 18-year-old Erriyon Knighton (19.80). Individuals Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell took the highest three spots within the males’s 100 on Saturday.

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson gained the ladies’s 200-metre gold in 21.45 seconds, with teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce getting the silver and Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith the bronze.

Brown has two Olympic and two world championships medals within the 4×100-metre relay however he got here to those championships within the hunt for that elusive particular person medal.

“I’m actually hungry for that particular person medal,” he stated. “I do know I am defeated, form of hold my head a bit bit, however the sting will put on off. I will have an opportunity to dissect every part, watch it again, snicker a bit bit, cry inside, perhaps outdoors, too, however in all probability not. I will bounce again.”

He’ll do it Friday, he stated, since he’s racing in first spherical of the 4×100-metre relay.

“You realize, I all the time love working for my nation with the boys … see if we are able to add one other medal to the depend.”