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Yohan Blake Qualifies for 100m semifinals at London World Championships

Yohan Blake Qualifies for 100m semifinals at World Champions

Yohan Blake finished second in heat 2 of the men’s 100m at the London World Championships.

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Blake clocked 10.13 behind Japan’s young sensation Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (10.05). Both qualified for the men’s 100m semi-finals set for tomorrow,  August 5, 1:05 PM ET / 12:05 PM Jamaican time. The Finals – August 5, 3:45 PM ET / 2:45 PM Jamaican time.

Blake has run 9.90 (+0.9 m/s ) and 19.97 (+1.0 m/s wind) season’s best times in the men’s 100m and 200m, to become the National 100m and 200m Champion, achieving fourth consecutive victory so far this season.

Jamaica’s Senoj-Jay Givans finished seventh 10.30 in the heat 1 of the men’s 100m behind winner America Christian Coleman, who clocked 10.1.

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