200m Men: Edward beats Jamaicans to clinch close win

A thrusting finish from Alonso Edward was just enough for the former world silver medallist to beat three fancied Jamaicans in a half-lap race that failed to catch fire. The Panama sprinter stuck his chest across the line to clinch the four Diamond Race points in 20.33, just three hundredths faster than Julian Forte. Nickel Ashmeade, the man he beat by a point to claim the 2014 Diamond Race, was third in 20.44 with a third Jamaican Rasheed Dwyer fourth. After wins by Usain Bolt and Warren Weir, Edward is the first non-Jamacian to win the 200m here since USA’s Wallace Spearmon in 2009.