Usain Bolt wins the Gold medal in the 200 meters track and field world championships and sets fourth fastest time

Slow starts don’t necessarily make for last place finishes.

Six days and a slow start later, Usain Bolt finally won gold at the world championships, running the fourth-fastest 200 meters in history to back up his showmanship with a stunning performance.

After he was disqualified for a false start the 100 final last Sunday, Bolt was slowest out of the blocks before driving through the bend and powering to the line in 19.40 seconds, just .21 seconds of the world record he set to win his first world title two years ago.

Knowing he had something to prove, there was no braggadocio during the race. Instead, he gritted his teeth in utter effort over the last 20 meters before dipping across the line for the fastest time in two years.

“I am still the best,” Bolt told an elated crowd of about 45,000 at Daegu Stadium before starting a barefoot dance to a deafening beat. “It was beautiful.”

Walter Dix of the United States won his second sprint silver in 19.70 and Christophe Lemaitre earned bronze with a French record of 19.80.

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