Post by Admin on Aug 29, 2015 12:33:29 GMT
Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands runs the third-fastest women's 200m time in history to win gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Schippers crossed the line in 21.63 seconds, while Great Britain's Dina Asha-Smith broke Kathy Cook's 31-year-old national record, finishing fifth in 22.07 seconds.
Shortly after Dafne Schippers had summoned a performance of raging intensity and sheer bloody-mindedness to reel in Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, she was so dizzy she had to see a doctor. Everyone else knew how she felt. This was the greatest women’s 200m final in history.
Until the last few desperate strides, when Thompson stumbled just as Schippers went supersonic, it appeared certain that Thompson would be adding another sprint medal to Jamaica’s ledger. But Schippers, the 23-year-old Dutchwoman – who decided only two months ago to ditch the heptathlon for the 100m and 200m – had other ideas.