Bolt times 19.63 in first 200 since Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland

Tuesday, 02 September 2008 19:54:35

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Usain Bolt clocked 19.63 seconds after easing up before the finish in his first 200-meter race since the Olympics at the Athletissima Grand Prix on Tuesday.

It was the second-fastest time in the world this year _ topped only by his world record of 19.30 while winning the gold medal last month at Beijing.

He ran 30 minutes after fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell achieved the second-fastest 100 ever on the same track.

Powell's time of 9.72 equaled Bolt's run in setting a then-world record in New York last May.

Bolt bettered that with his gold medal-winning time of 9.69 in Beijing.