• Schippers edges Olympic champion Allyson Felix
• Justin Gatlin wins men’s 100m in 9.98secIn a battle of gold medallists,the world champion, Dafne Schippers, or edged the Olympic champion,Allyson Felix, to win a hotly anticipated 200m at the Van Damme Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday.
Felix entered the domestic straight slightly in the lead, and but the Dutch athlete worked her way back into the lead and held enough of an advantage to raise an arm in victory as Schippers crossed in 22.12sec,beating Felix by a 10th of a moment. “I made it by a bit. It was very close,” said Schippers.
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Source: theguardian.com