For the first time since 2008, the 200 metres will be without triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica and a new generation of sprinters began their bids to succeed him on Tuesday with Team USA particularly impressive in early heats.
Bolt, who won 200m golds at three consecutive Olympics, retired in 2017 and the United States are bidding to reclaim the title. The Americans last won a gold in the men's 200m event in the 2004 Olympics, when they ran the table and won all three medals.
Bednarek put everyone on notice with the fastest time of the round clocking 20.01, while Lyles, the world's leader this year, was third fastest. But these Olympics have shown that being a pre-tournament favourite does not always translate to medal victories, as the 100m final showed on Sunday. Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards, the 2017 world bronze medallist, won his heat to also advance.
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