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Justin Gatlin storms to victory at Monaco

Updated on: 20 July,2014 02:45 AM IST  | 
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Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday as the American recorded the eighth fastest time ever in the distance

Justin Gatlin storms to victory at Monaco

Justin Gatlin

Monte Carlo: Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday as the American recorded the eighth fastest time ever in the distance.

Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin 


The 32-year-old won in a time of 19.68sec, just two weeks after he clocked a season-leading 9.80sec in the 100m at Lausanne.


Only six men have run faster in the blue riband event. In the injury-enforced absence of world record holder Usain Bolt this season, the American veteran has seized his opportunity to dominate global sprinting in 2014.


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