TOKYO: Usain Bolt has gone but there looks to be a more than worthy heir to the crown in the shape of 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton (pic), who qualified for the 200m final with the sort of nonchalant ease that would have made the great Jamaican smile.
The American has taken Bolt’s Under-20 world record and though he clocked a relatively pedestrian 20.02 seconds to win the first semi-final yesterday, he was glancing at his rivals as he passed them, having been behind coming off the bend.
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