BERLIN - AUGUST 20: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200 Metres Final during day six of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bolt set a new World Record of 19.19 seconds.
BERLIN - AUGUST 20: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200 Metres Final during day six of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bolt set a new World Record of 19.19 seconds.
BERLIN - AUGUST 20: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200 Metres Final during day six of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bolt set a new World Record of 19.19 seconds.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt is surrounded by media as he celebrates setting a new World Record as he wins the Men's 200m final during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
BERLIN - AUGUST 20: In this handout photo from the Seiko Press Service Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the line to win the gold medal in the men's 200 Metres Final during day six of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bolt set a new World Record of 19.19 seconds.
Aug. 20, 2009
CBSSports.com wire reports
BERLIN -- Usain Bolt startled the world again.
The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds Thursday, yet another world record.
One year after his Olympic double, Usain Bolt repeats the feat at the worlds. (AP)
His time in the 200 slashed 0.11 seconds off the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics and came four days after he broke his 100 record by the same margin.
"I am on my way to being a legend," said Bolt, who gritted his teeth and pointed to the clock as soon as his time flashed.
No one among the near capacity crowd at the 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium disagreed.
"If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt, that would be very nice," Bolt said.
Bolt is now 5 for 5 in major sprint events. He won the gold in the 100, 200 and sprint relay in Beijing's Bird Nest, each time with a world record. Now he is one race away from doing likewise in Berlin.
"I was running my heart out," Bolt said. "I got my start right and that was the key."
Alonso Edward of Panama was second, a distant 0.62 seconds behind Bolt. Wallace Spearmon of the United States took bronze.
BERLIN - AUGUST 19: Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the men's 200 Metres Semi-Final during day five of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
BERLIN - AUGUST 19: (L-R) David Alerte of France, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Rondell Sorrillo of Trinidad and Tobago compete in the men's 200 Metres Semi-Final during day five of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
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