Mitchell-Blake within a whisker of Regis' long-standing 200m British record

BySportsbeat

Published 17/05/2016 at 09:04 GMT

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake is aiming to impress on British shores after coming within one-hundredth of a second of beating John Regis’ 23-year-old 200m record at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Representing Louisiana State University, the 22-year-old 2013 European junior champion clocked 19.95 seconds to become the third Brit – after Regis and Adam Gemili – to go sub 20 seconds.

It came after he had already won the 100m as well as anchoring his university to victory in the 4x100m. His time puts him ahead of Adam Gemili (19.98) in the all-time British 200m rankings.

Chijindu Ujah and James Ellington have also already run under the 20.50-second Olympic A standard in 2016 and athletes with the qualifying time will race at the British Championships in June in order to earn a place on Team GB at Rio 2016.

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"The 200 is my favourite event," Mitchell-Blake told BBC Sport.

"The Rio Olympics is definitely something I'm looking forward too. The NCAA championships is in the coming weeks and my first priority. Then I'll come back to the UK and try to compete for a spot on the team."

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