Bolt cruises into 200m semi-finals

"I came off the bend and controlled the straight," said Dix. "That is exactly what I wanted to do, I didn't want to give too much away. I wanted to save as much energy as possible for the semi-finals."
Jamaican Christopher Williams beat Welshman Christian Malcolm by a head into third. Both Cavendish and Malcolm advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals as two of the four fastest qualifiers outside the top three in the four heats.
Wallace Spearmon, who won 200m bronze at the worlds in Osaka last year and silver in Helsinki in 2005, also qualified in 20.39sec behind surprise heat winner Paul Hession of Ireland, who produced a strong final 60 metres.
One runner who could be in the shakedown for the medals is Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles, who finished fourth in Saturday's 100m and qualifed in the 200m with 20.42sec.
Defending champion Crawford had earlier said that he felt under no pressure to follow up on his gold medal-winning exploits at the Athens Games four years ago. "I don't have to defend anything, the 2004 medal is mine and nobody can take it," he said, adding that "everyone is beatable".
"I am here to shoot for the 2008 medal, we are all doing the same - trying to shoot for that gold," Crawford said. "I'm ready to fight. If I wasn't ready to fight I wouldn't be here.
"The legs feel good, I am ready to go."