allegedly running outside his lane at the recent World Athletic Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, bounced back in impressive style on Wednesday night.

Competing at an international athletics championship in Rovereto, Italy, Douglas took second place in the 200 metres in a time of 20.57 seconds.

He was beaten only by American Jeff Williams who clocked 20.53.

Third place behind Douglas went to another American, Slip Watkins (20.81) while Italian Ezio Madonia finished fourth (21.02) and Floyd Heard of the US fifth (21.37).

Douglas was left fuming after his disqualification in round one of the 200 metres at the Worlds when he finished just behind double gold medallist, American Michael Johnson.

A Swedish track official ruled that Douglas had strayed out of his lane, and although a video replay later proved inconclusive, his appeal was rejected.

Meanwhile, Bermuda's World Games silver medallist Brian Wellman lines up against England's gold medallist and world record holder Jonathan Edwards in what could be a lucrative clash in Brussels, Belgium this evening.

Also competing will be world bronze medallist Jerome Romain of Dominica.

But Edwards said yesterday he had little chance of breaking the world record again despite the huge financial incentive.

Edwards or Wellman could earn $25,000 plus a sports car worth the same amount for a new record this evening.

"There is very little chance of me breaking the record again this season. In fact there is no chance,'' said Edwards, who broke the record twice at the world championships in Gothenburg. His mark now stands at 18.29 metres.

"I want to make money. But I would not swap 18.29 here with the bonus and car for doing it at the world championships in Gothenburg. There is nothing that could to compare with that.'' Tonight's Ivo Van Damme memorial meeting, which has a budget of $2 million, has brought together all the Gothenburg medallists in the first top-class men's triple jump competition in Belgium for many years.

A superb atmosphere is expected with the crowd expected close to its capacity 38,000.

However, Edwards, a father of two young children, says he has felt tired with all the attention he has received since his victory in Sweden. The 29-year-old Briton could only manage a modest 17.49 at a meeting on his home soil in Gateshead on Monday.

Although he is scheduled to compete in London, Berlin and Italy in the next month, Edwards is prepared to stop jumping this season if he cannot keep his form. Next year's Olympic Games in Atlanta take precedence over short-term money-making for the devout Christian.

"I have felt very tired, " he said. "I have been emotionally drained after Gothenburg with all the pressure ... But I feel more positive here (Brussels) than I did in Gateshead.'' "But, if things go downhill, I will stop, " he said. "Atlanta is very much my objective, even now.'' Many athletes have been using the lucrative meetings on the Grand Prix circuit since the world championships to cash in on their Gothenburg success.

Last week Kenyan steeplechaser Moses Kiptanui and Ethiopia's distance runner Haile Gebreselassie boosted their bank balances with world records at the richest meeting in the sport in Zurich.

BRIAN WELLMAN -- takes on England's world record holder Jonathan Edwards again this evening.