The 31-year-old has finished fifth in two Olympic Games at 2000 and 2008 - including when Usain Bolt broke Michael Johnson's world record in Beijing - plus fifth at the 2001 World Championships and fourth at the 2002 European Championships.

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Bolt has won the 200m in London for the last two years, including running 19.76 seconds in 2008 to record the fastest time ever over that distance in Britain.

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