August 7, 2012
Weir joins Bolt and Blake in 200m final
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s newest sprint sensation Warren Weir finished second in 20.28 for a place in tomorrow’s 200m semi-final.
Weir, 22, joins countrymen Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake.
Churandy Martina of The Netherlands won in 20.17 while Great Britain’s Christian Malcolm was third in 20.51.
Bahamian Michael Mathieu was disqualified after a false start.
Rank
Lane
Athlete
Reac. T
Time
Record
1
6
MARTINA Churandy
0.148
20.17
Q
2
5
WEIR Warren
0.186
20.28
Q
3
4
MALCOLM Christian
0.157
20.51
4
3
MITCHELL Maurice
0.178
20.56
5
2
CHRISTIAN Brendan
0.168
20.58
SB
6
7
ADAMS Antoine
0.17
20.65
7
8
TAKAHIRA Shinji
0.19
20.77
–
1
MATHIEU Michael
–
DQ
