EUGENE, United States (AFP) – Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt remained on collision course at the US Olympic track and field trials here Thursday after coasting into the semi-finals of the 200 meters.
Gatlin, who lit up Hayward Field at the weekend by clocking the world’s fastest time this year en route to victory in the 100m, jogged in 20.32 seconds behind Ameer Webb at a rainswept Hayward Field.