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Former world champion Justin Gatlin wins the men's 200m in a time of 19.68 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League.

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Former world 200m champion Justin Gatlin beat a strong field to win the men's 200m at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday.

The 32-year-old American's time of 19.68 seconds makes him the eighth-fastest 200m runner of all time.

Another former world champion, Tyson Gay, who has only just returned from a one-year drugs ban, was fourth.

Kenya's Asbel Kiprop stated before the 1,500m that he would be attempting to break the world-record time of 3:26.00 set in 1998.

The 25-year-old effectively led the race for the majority but was beaten on the last lap by fellow Kenyan Silas Kiplagat in a Diamond League record of 3:27.64.

In-form Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde made it four Diamond League wins in 2014. He took the men's 110m hurdles in a superb time of 12.95, which sets a new national record and all-but seals him this year's Diamond League title.