Edwards close behind Bolt in Berlin

PANAMA. Panamanian athlete Alonso Edwards classified for the Berlin World Championship 200m finals yesterday just behind the fastest ma...

PANAMA. Panamanian athlete Alonso Edwards classified for the Berlin World Championship 200m finals yesterday just behind the fastest man in the world.

The Panamanian got second spot in the first heat of the semifinals rounds yesterdayin 20.22 seconds.

The 200m heat round was won by Usain Bolt with 20.08 seconds.

After the race, Edwards said that running in the finals was his goal.

“ Anything can happen” he said.

Also going on to the final are Shawn Crawford from the US and David Alerte from France.

The quarter finals round was a fire test for Edward who won the heat with a better time than Bolt on Tuesday.

Edwards time was the third best of the semifinals, giving him lane six at todays final next to Bolt who has lane five. The nineteen year old says he is not a star. “Thank God I am doing well and I’m getting to be known thanks to you” he told the press.

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