Bolt forced to qualify for worlds
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June 14, 2013, Friday
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USAIN Bolt will have to qualify for the 100 meters at this year's world championships after Jamaican officials decided the country's automatic entry into the race should go to his training partner Yohan Blake.
But Bolt was given his country's wildcard entry into the 200m after the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association ruled in his favor for the longer sprint.
It was forced to choose between its own athletes after the sport's world body ruled only one wild card would be allowed per country for each event.
Jamaica had two runners in each race who were entitled to wild cards.
Bolt qualified for the 100m after winning the event at last year's Diamond League and the 200m after he won at the last world championships in 2011.
Blake also qualified for the 100m after he won the blue-riband race at the 2011 world titles. And Nickel Ashmeade qualified for the 200m, as last year's Diamond League winner.
"The executive of the JAAA has decided that in cases where Jamaica has both the Diamond League champions and the defending (world) champion, it is the defending champion that will get the nod," said JAAA's President Warren Blake.
But Bolt was given his country's wildcard entry into the 200m after the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association ruled in his favor for the longer sprint.
It was forced to choose between its own athletes after the sport's world body ruled only one wild card would be allowed per country for each event.
Jamaica had two runners in each race who were entitled to wild cards.
Bolt qualified for the 100m after winning the event at last year's Diamond League and the 200m after he won at the last world championships in 2011.
Blake also qualified for the 100m after he won the blue-riband race at the 2011 world titles. And Nickel Ashmeade qualified for the 200m, as last year's Diamond League winner.
"The executive of the JAAA has decided that in cases where Jamaica has both the Diamond League champions and the defending (world) champion, it is the defending champion that will get the nod," said JAAA's President Warren Blake.
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