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Usain Bolt wins 200m in Oslo

Usain Bolt won the 200m race in Oslo during the rainy Bislett Games with a fantastic 19.86 seconds setting his fastest time in 2011 in front of a very enthusiastic crowd. This was Usain Bolt’s first 200m victory of the season and Usain Bolt crossed the finish line several meters ahead of his competitors. This race was the 5th of the Samsung Diamond League.

Competition was not strong and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure finishing in second in 20.43 seconds and Mario Forsythe finishing third in 20.49 seconds. Christian Malcolm from Whaled ran in 20.57 seconds in a season’s best finishing fifth. Even though Usain Bolt was not close to his world record 19.19 set at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 he still beat all his opponents making the crowd cheer. To show people that he was getting back to business, Bolt said “I was never out of business,” winning the 200m in Oslo in 19.86seconds. “I think business was just slow.”

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