For the first time since 2008, the 200 metres will be without triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica and a new generation of sprinters began their bids to succeed him on Tuesday with Team USA particularly impressive in early heats.
Bolt, who won 200m golds at three consecutive Olympics, retired in 2017 and the United States are bidding to reclaim the title. The Americans last won a gold in the men's 200m event in the 2004 Olympics, when they ran the table and won all three medals.On Tuesday, the trio of Noah Lyles, Kenneth Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton started their chase for medals and easily advanced to the semi-finals scheduled for later in the day.
Knighton stood out as well as he almost jogged to the finish line to win his heat. The 17-year old came into the Olympics having broken Bolt's under twenty world record at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, positioning himself as a potential medal winner in Tokyo. Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards, the 2017 world bronze medallist, won his heat to also advance.
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