Lightning does strike twice for Bolt as brilliant Jamaican claims sprint double... and Gemili narrowly misses out on medal
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Usain Bolt won his seventh World Championship gold medal as he coasted to victory in the 200 metres at the Luzhniki Stadium on Saturday night.
The Jamaican, also a six-time Olympic champion, added 200m gold to the 100m title he won last Sunday, dominating the field to win in 19.66secs, the fastest time in the world this year.
Bolt's compatriot Warren Weir, 23, was second in 19.79secs, a personal best, with American Curtis Mitchell, 24, taking the bronze with a late surge in 20.04secs.
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Trailing in his wake: Adam Gemili was unable to replicate his sub-20 second time in the final - but still finished fifth
Picture that: Bolt takes a snap of his countryman and training partner Warren Weir who claimed silver
Like history repeating: Usain Bolt laps up the adulation after his sensational display in the 200m
Sealed with a kiss: Usain Bolt followed up his triumph in the 100 metres by blazing to glory on Saturday
British teenager Adam Gemili, 19, finished fifth in the first senior global final, missing out on a medal by just four hundredths of a second.
His time, 20.08secs, did not quite match the extraordinary performances of Friday, when Gemili twice broke his personal best and became the second British man to dip under 20 seconds, but the teenager's display announced him as a genuine contender on the global stage.
Gemili said: 'I was very close to a medal - just four hundredths and I missed out on the Olympic final (in London last summer) by four hundredths as well, so it's always those fours.
'But as I get older and stronger that will hopefully come down and down and down. Hopefully I'll be up there getting a medal in future years.'
He's done it again: Usain Bolt is mobbed by photographers after claiming his second medal of the championships
Bolt, 26, was in the lane inside Gemili and had made the uncharacteristic gesture of shaking each of his competitors' hands on the start line, but the British athlete was not fazed.
He just smiled, as usual, when the camera panned onto him and kept his cool when Bolt passed him and came out of the turn ahead before extending his lead down the home straight.
Bolt ran 19.99secs in Crystal Palace just before his 19th birthday; Gemili has now clocked 19.98secs after just 18 months of serious, full-time training.
The Jamaican also finished eighth in his first World Championship final in Helsinki in 1995, struggling to finish after suffering an injury, while Gemili has already achieved a highly creditable fifth place.
Nobody is saying Gemili will be better than Bolt, but the signs are certainly encouraging for a British teenager who apparently has the world at his feet.
Over the line: Usain Bolt saw off the competition again to storm to glory in the 200 metres final
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Gemili said: 'It's an unbelievable experience to be in that final on the outside Usain Bolt and just being in the top eight and finishing fifth. I'm just very proud, very happy and very grateful to be in this position. 'It was just after Bolt and the whole stadium erupted and I thought: "One day hopefully I'll be in that position." It put a smile on my face and helped me stay relaxed for my race.'
Bolt's dominance shows no sign of abating and another victory in the 4x100m relay on Sunday will see him equal American legend Carl Lewis' record of eight world gold medals.
'I haven't really thought about that,' he said. 'I've done a lot throughout the years. 'My main goal was to make myself a legend and I solidified that at London last year.
'I'm not really worried about winning medals and counting them. 'My next big goal is to go to the Olympics and do something that has never been done before - winning the 100m and 200m.'
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