Canada’s Aaron Brown defeats world champion in 200m at Golden Spike Ostrava meet
Brown prevails over both Richards and Guliyev in the Czech Republic yesterday
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Aaron Brown of Canada continued his stellar season with a win over Trinidad’s Jereem Richards as well as 2017 world champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey, in 20.06 seconds at the IAAF Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic yesterday.
RELATED: Brown clocks sub-20 in 200m at Oslo Diamond League
It was the second time in a week that Brown had faced Guliyev. Brown broke the 20-second barrier for the first time at Oslo Diamond League on June 7, for second place just behind Guliyev.
3rd times the charm! Came away with the #GoldenSpike ? in Ostrava – 3 countries, 3 races, 1 week. Back to the lab! @NikeCanada @TeamCanada @AthleticsCanada @cbcsports pic.twitter.com/Wm3ZrBx1Mx
— Aaron Kingsley Brown (@KingsleySC) June 13, 2018
In other results, Canada’s Gavin Smellie was fifth in the men’s 100m, which was won by the US’s Justin Gatlin in 10.03.
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec City was 14th in the 3,000m, with a time of 7:45.03.
RELATED: Charles Philibert-Thiboutot races to fastest road 5K ever run on Canadian soil
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