Olympic champion Elaine Thompson cruised to victory in the 200 metres at the Anniversary Games in London on Saturday as home favourite Laura Muir destroyed the field in the 1500m. Jamaica's Thompson, who won a 100m and 200m sprint double at the Rio Olympics, claimed victory in a time of 22.13sec, with Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast second and Britain's Beth Dobbin third.
"I'm feeling great to be back in London competing over 200m," said Thompson, quickest over 100m and 200m this year. "It's all work in progress. It's a long season so I just came out here to perform and enjoy it." With the US trials for the world championships taking next week, no Americans are taking part in the men's or women's 100m and 200m at the two-day meeting, which is part of the Diamond League series. In the men's 100m, South Africa's Akani Simbine (9.93sec) beat Britain's Zharnel Hughes into second place in a race in which five runners dipped under 10 seconds. Former world champion Yohan Blake was third in a time of 9.97sec.
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