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Olympic Athletics - Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake through to 200m semi-finals

Usain Bolt of Jamaica leads Noah Akwu of Nigeria and Isiah Young of the United States in the Men's 200m Round 1 Heats on Day 11 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 7, 2012 in London, England (credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake cruised through to the semi-finals of the 200m on Tuesday at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Bolt is the huge favourite to win the 200m after defending his 100m title in style on Sunday night and cruised to victory in his heat with a time of 20.39secs.

The 25-year-old won the 100m at the weekend in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds and afterwards said he is closer to legendary status.

Winning gold in the 200m will see him take a step closer to achieving his aim.

"It was an easy run, I'm enjoying it, it's my favourite event," said Bolt after his heat.

"It's getting pretty chilly. They say the weather should be good on Thursday [for the final] so we'll see."

Blake, who took silver in the 100m, also breezed through, but slowed down before the line as he clocked a time of 20.38.

Christophe Lemaitre of France went quicker than both Jamaicans, winning his heat in 20.34.

The 200m final takes place on Thursday at 20:55 BST.

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