Tag: 200m

American Erriyon Knighton became the fourth fastest man in 200m history with his time of 19 seconds 49/100th on Saturday at the Baton Rouge meeting in the United States. Knighton, fourth in the distance at the Tokyo Olympics, smashed his own junior world record (19.84 in June 2021 during the American Olympic selections) and he is only 3/10ths away from the Jamaican Usain’s world record. Bolt (19.19) which is from 2009.

Only Bolt, his compatriot Yohan Blake (19.26) and American