Olympics | American Thomas wins women's 200m gold at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- American Gabrielle Thomas blew away her rivals to win the women's 200m final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old showed blistering speed after the bend to finish in 21.83 seconds, 0.25 seconds ahead of Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred, who took silver after winning gold in the 100m.

American Brittany Brown claimed bronze, 0.12 seconds further back.