Usain Bolt takes 200 final and 2nd gold in majestic style, now up for 3rd on Sunday

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Jamaica\'s Usain Bolt reacts after winning the men\'s 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

MOSCOW – When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.

Bolt coasted to his third 200-meter world title on Saturday with the race basically wrapped as soon as he entered the finishing straight.

Jamaican teammate Warren Weir never got close to Bolt’s world leading time of 19.66 seconds, but crossing .13 seconds later for silver still left him enough time to join Bolt in a reggae dance to Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.”

Curtis Mitchell of the United States took bronze in 20.24 seconds, but was never in the hunt for gold.

Now Bolt will go for his fourth triple gold at a major championship when he joins the Jamaican team for the 4×100 relay on Sunday.

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