IAAF World Athletics Championships
Justin Gatlin sped through the rain on Thursday to complete the men's 100-200 double triumph at the 10th world championships.
Olympic 100 champion Gatlin confirmed the impression that he is in a class of his own in Helsinki by winning the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds before a sell-out crowd on another cold, wet and generally miserable night at the Olympic stadium.
"I consider myself right now the king of sprints," Gatlin said. "When I came off the turn I was going to gun it, that's what I did then I had to have enough in the tank at the end.
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