Lyles cruises into Olympic 200m semi-final in treble gold bid

Lyles, who won the 100m in a photo-finish from Jamaican Kishane Thompson in 9.79 seconds, topped his 200m heat in 20.19sec. The triple world 200m champion had a slow start but as soon as he hit the bend he looked in total control. The semi-finals are scheduled for 1802 GMT on Wednesday, with the final slated for 1830 on Thursday. Also going through were fellow 100m finalists Letsile Tebogo of Botswana (20.10sec) and American Kenny Bednarek (19.96) as heat winners. A third American, Erriyon Knighton...