U.S. Olympic champions Justin Gatlin and Allyson Felix put down statement times in winning sprints at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, perhaps the top international meet before the World Championships in August.
Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champ five years removed from a four-year doping ban, clocked 19.68 seconds to win the 200m. It matched his personal best set in 2014 and the fastest time in the world since the 2013 World Championships.
Full Prefontaine Classic meet results are available here.
“When I saw the time, I know I’m on course to go onto the World Championships [in Beijing in August],” Gatlin told Lewis Johnson on NBC.