This archive report was first published on 20 July 2019.
At the Anniversary Games in London, Olympic champion Elaine Thompson cruised to victory in the 200m on Saturday, July 20, 2019, with a time of 22.13sec.
Thompson, who won a 100m and 200m sprint double at the Rio Olympics, was followed by Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast in second place and Beth Dobbin of Britain in third.
"I'm feeling great to be back in London competing over 200m," said Thompson, who is the quickest over 100m and 200m this year.
Thompson's win was part of a thrilling day of athletics at the London Stadium, where home favourite Laura Muir destroyed the field in the 1500m.
Muir, the European champion, won the 1500m in a time of 3min 58.25sec, seeing off the challenge of Kenya's Winny Chebet after a blistering final lap.
"There's huge strength in depth of the fields here, so you can run a world lead at one event and then someone else will do it at the next," said Muir.
"It really helps keep pushing you on. It's great to have so much competition. My goal now is to win a medal in Doha (2019 world championships)."
