Usain Bolt proved his fitness for the Rio 2016 Games on Friday (22 July) night by cruising to victory in the 200m at the London Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium in the British capital.

The Jamaican sprint superstar, who gave the world a shock earlier this month when he pulled out of his nation's Olympic trials with a hamstring injury, won in 19.89 seconds, the fifth fastest time in the world this year.

It was Bolt's first 200m race this season and saw him comfortably record an Olympic qualifying time. He had been named in Jamaica's Olympic team on 11 July with the aim of proving his fitness in London.

While not overly pleased with his time, Bolt said his focus was on reaching his peak in Brazil. "I don't want to see it again. I wasn't that impressed," he told the BBC.

"I'm not fully in shape, I need more work, but I will be fine. The key thing is I came out injury free.

"It's a lot of fun, the energy is great and I love being here. But it's my first race back from my slight injury problem. I need races to run myself into shape. I'll have to do that in Rio and hopefully get myself back up to speed."

Bolt, the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay champion at the last two Olympic Games, aims to defend his three titles in Rio and has made breaking his 200m world record of 19.19 seconds a priority.

His biggest rivals in Brazil are set to be American duo Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt, who have run the fastest times this year in the 100m (9.80) and 200m (19.74) respectively. Bolt also holds the 100m world record (9.58).

While Bolt sent the fans wild, the standout performance of the day came earlier, when Kendra Harrison (below), who failed to qualify for the USA Olympic team for Rio, broke the 100m hurdles world record, which had stood for 28 years, by clocking 12.20.

(Photo: Getty Images/Dan Mullan)

Harrison told the BBC: "Not making the Olympic team, I was really upset and wanted to come here and show what I could have done. I had vengeance on my mind and wanted to show the girls what I had.

"I trained so hard for his moment. Good luck to the girls running in Rio, but I am just shocked now."