ANKARA
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 meter race held at the 15th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Thursday, the IAAF website said on Thursday.
The 200 meter Olympics title holder and world record holder, Bolt, tallied this year's best record with 19.55 seconds and won the world title for the fourth time in a row.
Bolt, 29, added a new gold medal in his collection of 11 medals, which includes nine gold and two silver medals.
US sprinter Justin Gatlin won the silver medal with 19.74 seconds. The bronze medal went to South African Anaso Jobodwana who completed the race in 19.87 seconds.
Meanwhile, Turkish sprinter Ramil Guliyev came in sixth by finishing the race in 20.11 seconds.
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