Jamaica's seven-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 20.28 seconds to reach the semi-finals of the men's 200m.


Bolt, who won the 100m title on Sunday, jogged home in the final 50 metres to win the ninth of 10 heats.
Britain's Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake also qualified, as did USA's Justin Gatlin.
"I hate the mornings so I am happy to have this out the way. It's a good start and I'm happy," Bolt told BBC Sport.
Gemili ran 20.20 seconds in his heat, Gatlin clocked 20.42, Talbot equalled his personal best in running 20.27 in heat one and Mitchell-Blake ran 20.24 in the final heat.

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