White turns on style to claim sprint double

KELLI WHITE of the United States became the first woman since East Germany’s Katrin Krabbe in 1991 to clinch the world championship sprint double when she won the women’s 200 metres title in Paris last night.

The 26-year-old won in a world leading time for the season of 22.05sec to beat Anastasiya Kapachinskaya of Russia while Torri Edwards of the United States took the bronze to add to the silver she won in the 100m.

"It was a great field and very tough," said White, who took bronze in the 2001 final. "I am happy but I'm just really really tired as it's my eighth race of the championships."