London, August 12: The Netherlands' Dafne Schippers retained her world 200M title with a dominant display, leaving Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast to settle for another hair's breadth silver.
With Olympic champion Elaine Thompson opting not to race the 200 and Tori Bowie pulling out after winning the 100, things had looked easier for Schippers but she had to use every inch of her strength to hold off Ta Lou and win in 22.05 seconds.
⚡️ Double 🇳🇱 as sprint star Dafne Schippers adds to her 100m 🥉 with 200m title #BeTheNext https://t.co/apJ3DcrhMZ
— IAAF World Champs (@IAAFWorldChamps) August 11, 2017
The Ivorian had lost the 100M final by one hundredth of a second after failing to dip on the line and though she did lean this time she was just behind Schippers in 22.08, still a national record.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who stumbled in sight of gold and slipped to fifth in the 400m final, this time produced a barnstorming last 30 metres to overhaul 21-year-old home hope Dina Asher-Smith in 22.15.
Meanwhile, Olympic bronze medallist Emma Coburn won a first American steeplechase gold in a championships record 9min 02.58sec, with team-mate Courtney Frerichs taking silver ahead of Kenya's defending champion Hyvin Jepkemoi.
In the field, American Brittney Reese claimed a fourth world title in the long jump, having previously won in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and Poland's Pawel Fajdek a third consecutive gold in the men's hammer throw.