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Summary Walter Dix clocked 20.16 seconds to win 200 metres race in the London Diamond League meeting.
American Walter Dix said Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt could definitely be beaten at the world championships in South Korea after easing to victory in the 200 metres on the second day of the London Diamond League meeting.Dix was among a number of US athletes to record impressive wins on a cool day in the British capital, with fellow sprinter Carmelita Jeter and one-lap queen Sanya Richards-Ross also laying down the gauntlet to their rivals ahead of the worlds in Daegu which start on August 27.Olympic double bronze medallist Dix, the top American male hope for sprint medals in the absence of the injured Tyson Gay, clocked 20.16 seconds into a minus headwind and was pleased by his performance.Another sprinter to watch at the worlds will be Jeter, who powered down the straight to win 100 metres title in women’s event in 10.93 seconds, ahead of Trinidad & Tobagos Kelly-Ann Baptiste (10.97) and Olympic and world champion Shelley-Ann Fraser Pryce (11.10).In other events, Australian Sally Pearson scorched to victory in the womens 100m hurdles, Lithuanias Virgilijus Alekna, twice Olympic and world discus champion, secured victory with a throw of 66.71 metres and Russias Andrey Silnov won the mens high jump with a seasons best leap of 2.36 metres.
