American Fred Kerley, Olympic 100m vice-champion, got the better of his compatriot Kenneth Bednarek, Olympic vice-champion in the 200 m, on Saturday on the half-lap of the Paris meeting.
Kerley improved his personal best to win the 200m in 19 sec 79 (+1.6 m / s of wind) for 5 thousandths of a second ahead of Bednarek (also 19.79).
Kerley, 26, is a former 400m specialist (bronze medalist at the Doha Worlds in 2019) who has successfully completed a short sprint this season, making him one of the most complete sprinters in history with records at 9sec 84 (100m), 19sec 79 (200m) and 43sec 64 (400m).
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The only committed Frenchman, Mouhamadou Fall took 8th place in 20 sec 46.
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