DAEGU, South Korea - Usain Bolt easily qualified for the 200-metre semifinals in
the world championships Friday, five days after he was disqualified from the 100
final for a false start.
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second-slowest start of 53 sprinters in the 200 heats, yet easily was the
fastest at the line, finishing in 20.30 seconds. He glanced to his left from the
outside lane several times before turning off the power and coasting across the
line. When asked how he felt, Bolt simply gave a thumbs up. It was a thumbs down
for double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius after he was left off South Africas
1,600 relay team for the final after running the leadoff leg that got his team
into the championship Friday. "Havent Been included in the Final for the SA Mens
4x400m. Pretty Guttered," Pistorius wrote in a Twitter message. If anyone
thought Bolt would be left feeling low by his debacle in the 100, they got
immediate proof of the opposite once the Jamaican entered Daegu Stadium and
heard the crowd roar. Because of a malfunction to the starting gun, the heats
were delayed by eight minutes as track officials tried to fix the problem. Bolt
then did his famed "Lightning Bolt" move, getting the highest-pitched scream
from the fans all morning. He fake-slicked his hair, did Kung Fu moves, danced
like a boxer -- anything to show he had no hang-ups about the biggest setback of
his career. He was careful enough, though, not to risk another false start, and
reacted only 0.314 after the gun. Once he got going, there was no stopping him.
Walter Dix of the United States was second-fastest in 20.42 seconds and is
considered his most credible challenger for the final. "Well see," Dix said when
asked if he could get past the Olympic champion and world-record holder. "Ill
show you." Pistorius had nothing left to show at the championships after the
South African team decided to go with L.J. van Zyl, who won bronze in the
400-metre hurdles, in the relay. "It was a big surprise to us. It is a
disappointment, needless to say, for Oscar," his manager, Peet van Zyl, said in
a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He ran a good leg." After
making a historic breakthrough for Paralympic athletes by reaching the
semifinals of the 400 early this week, the "Blade Runner" ran a strong opening
leg on the tough inside lane Thursday to help South Africa to a third-place
finish in its heat and a South African record. "Gods blessed me! Semifinals in
the 400m and a National Record in the 4x400m semi!Thank u all!x," Pistorius
wrote on Twitter. In the womens 1,600 relay, the United States easily qualified
for the final even with its two best runners, Allyson Felix and Sanya
Richards-Ross, sitting out the heat. Russia was even more impressive with a
world-leading 3:20.94. Jamaica and Britain also made it through easily. The
finals in a heavy program late Friday also included the mens shot put, where
Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., qualified first in his heat and has an
excellent chance to medal. The mens long jump, and the womens javelin, 5,000 and
200 will also be contested. The 200 will likely be a highly charged faceoff
between three-time defending champion Felix, 100 champion Carmelita Jeter and
two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown. In the 5,000, Vivian
Cheruiyot of Kenya was looking for a long-distance double after winning the
10,000 on the first day of the championships.
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