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De Grasse looked good there, he finished with the best time in the qualifying with 20:09. He is definitely one to look out for. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake finished second.
The last heat is about to start, look out for Andre de Grasse who won Bronze in the 100 m.
Ejowvokoghene Oduduru of Nigeria finishes second. Actually, to be honest I forgot there were others in the race.
Dare I say he jogged through the last 30 meters. This guy is absolutely phenomenal.
Total disdain from Bolt, he makes sure that he finishes first.
Bolt puts his fingers on his lips, and the whole stadium has gone quiet.
The world's eyes on the showstopper as he appreciates the applause of the crowd.
He tries a dummy start. This will be his last race. Arguably the best sprinter the world has ever seen.
A deafening cheer as Bolt enters the field.
The favorites Lemaitre and Merritt qualify for the two automatic qualification places. No surprises here.
Merritt of USA in this heat, he has already won a bronze in the 400 m. It will be interesting to see how he does in 200 m.
Heat 8 is about to start.
Churandy Martina of Netherlands and Brendon Rodney of Canada were going neck to neck for most of the race, but the Dutch athlete picks up the automatic place.
A very close race, Nery Brenes was trailing but he finished in a very respectable 20:20 to win the race. He seemed to be holding back as well.
A glimpse of Usain Bolt, and he plays up to the camera as usual, with a victory sign for the fans. What a legend.
They finished at 20:15 secs and 20:20 secs respectively. A very good time.
Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica and Adam Gemili of Great Britain have qualified, to be honest they left the chasing pack quite far away. Very professional from the two.
Heat 6 is about to start.
Matteo Galvan and Ramon Gittens had a very close finish, both finishing at 20:58 secs, but Matteo Galvan of Italy gets the nod.
Gatlin didn't start well, but he had more than enough to pick up the win. Very professional.
Martinez is the other athlete to look out for in this race.
Justin Gatlin in lane 4, and the American will look to lay down a marker for Men's 200 m.
Justin Gatlin at the fifth Heat.
Along with Herrera, Roberto Skyers has qualified.
Jose Carlos Herrera take a bow, what a run in the fourth heat.
They both finished at 20:23 secs, it'll be heartbreaking for Brown he fails to finish among the 4 fastest to qualify to the semi-final.
Salem Eid Yaqoob qualifies as the first place qualifier. It was very close between Ramil Guliyev and Aaron Brown, but Ramil get's the nod by one-hundredth of a second.
That was a very close race. It was a photo finish between the 2nd and 3rd place.
The third heat is about to start!
Bruno Hortelano finished the heat at 20:12 secs and Yohan Blake finished at 20:13 secs.
Yohan Blake easily in the lead, but towards the last ten metres he seemed to have relaxed and Bruno Hortelano of Spain beat him to the first place.
The second Heat is about to start!
A huge cheer as Yohan Blake takes to field, it'll be interesting to see how he does after he missed out narrowly to a 100 m medal.
Alonso Edward of Panama and Daniel Talbot of Great Britain have qualified from the first heat.
False start! Demetrius Pinder of Bahrain was disqualified, he was one of the favorites to go through. Shame.
The Heats are about to start, the first heat is on.
Usain Bolt has laid down the marker ahead of the race, he's confident that he'll be able to better his best of 19.19 sec he recorded in 2009 " I think if I can get a good night's rest after the semi-finals, it's possible" he said, "I'm going to leave it all on the track and do the best I possibly can"
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These are the final results