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Antonio Watson beats Hudson-Smith in the 400m final
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The Briton was leading up until the final straight, but ran out of energy

Antonio Watson won the final of the 400m on Thursday night at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest.

Briton Hudson-Smith went off like a rocket out of the blocks and led going into the final 100 m straight but paid late on for that fast start, using most of his energy.

His time of 44.31seconds was just outside the European record he had set in the previous round, which had marked him out as a gold-medal protagonist.


Watson, who had been the quickest qualifier of the finalist, timed his run to the line for perfection to win the gold in a time of 44.22.

Jamaica’s legend Usain Bolt was fast to congratulate his fellow countryman for the gold medal with a post on social media.