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Botswana’s Isaac Makwala
reacts after finishing a
Men’s 200m semifinal
during the World Athletics
Championships in London
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017.
Associated Press
Isaac Makwala

beats the rain,
stomach virus

to reach 200
meter final

By RAF CASERT
AP Sports Writer
LONDON (AP) — After five
pushups to prove he has
beaten a stomach virus,
Isaac Makwala made the
most of a belated chance
to compete in the 200 me-
ters at the world cham-
pionships on Wednesday
and qualified for the final.
The runner from Botswana
was first allowed to race
alone on the track ahead
of the evening session at
the Olympic Stadium, two
days after the other sprint-
ers did so. He finished in
20.20 seconds, .33 seconds
under the qualifying mark.
He was then given a tough
assignment to reach the
final, but despite the tight
dles from the relentless Sale fans 13 as Sox’s
bend and the water pud-

rain in Lane 1, he powered
through to qualify second winning streak hits 7
from his heat in 20.14, just
behind Isiah Young of the
United States. Boston Red Sox starter Chris Sale pitches
“Let’s not talk about what against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first
happened. Let’s talk about inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 8,
what is now,” Makwala 2017, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
said. Associated Press
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