Bolt leads Jamaican success in Ostrava
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June 2, 2011, Thursday
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USAIN Bolt won the 100 meters at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on Tuesday although he just failed to improve on the time he set in his first race of the season in the Diamond League last week.
The Jamaican world record holder and Olympic champion again seemed a little slow off the blocks but recovered as he did in Rome to finish in the same time of 9.91 seconds.
However, he was content with his overall performance in front of capacity crowd of 18,000 who witnessed a string of Jamaican successes on a dry night.
"It's good, I felt much better in this race (than last week) I was (hoping for) a faster time but I am happy," Bolt said. "Execution was better, I think. I've got to keep winning and I've got to stay injury-free."
Fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings finished in second place in 9.97 seconds.
Bolt, three-time gold medallist at both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 world championships in Berlin holds the world record of 9.58 seconds set in Germany in 2009.
Cuba's Dayron Robles took his favorite sixth lane and won the 110 meters hurdles in 13.14 seconds, but fell short of his shared leading time this year of 13.07 and his world record of 12.87 set in Ostrava three years ago.
Another Jamaican, Veronica Campbell-Brown, won the women's 100 meters with a world leading time of 10.76 seconds.
Their compatriots Marvin Anderson and Jermaine Gonzales won the men's 200 and 400 meters respectively.
Gonzales won the 400 meters in 45.07 seconds although the focus was largely on South Africa's Oscar Pistorius who famously competes in able-bodied events despite losing both his legs.
Pistorius, called "Blade Runner" due to his prosthetic blades, was sixth in 46.19 seconds, not good enough to fulfil his aim of qualifying for this year's world championships.
Marvin Anderson led a Jamaican clean sweep in the 200m by winning in 20.27 seconds ahead of Yohan Blake and Mario Forsythe.
Australia's Jeff Riseley won the 1,000m in a world leading time of 2:16.75.
The Jamaican world record holder and Olympic champion again seemed a little slow off the blocks but recovered as he did in Rome to finish in the same time of 9.91 seconds.
However, he was content with his overall performance in front of capacity crowd of 18,000 who witnessed a string of Jamaican successes on a dry night.
"It's good, I felt much better in this race (than last week) I was (hoping for) a faster time but I am happy," Bolt said. "Execution was better, I think. I've got to keep winning and I've got to stay injury-free."
Fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings finished in second place in 9.97 seconds.
Bolt, three-time gold medallist at both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 world championships in Berlin holds the world record of 9.58 seconds set in Germany in 2009.
Cuba's Dayron Robles took his favorite sixth lane and won the 110 meters hurdles in 13.14 seconds, but fell short of his shared leading time this year of 13.07 and his world record of 12.87 set in Ostrava three years ago.
Another Jamaican, Veronica Campbell-Brown, won the women's 100 meters with a world leading time of 10.76 seconds.
Their compatriots Marvin Anderson and Jermaine Gonzales won the men's 200 and 400 meters respectively.
Gonzales won the 400 meters in 45.07 seconds although the focus was largely on South Africa's Oscar Pistorius who famously competes in able-bodied events despite losing both his legs.
Pistorius, called "Blade Runner" due to his prosthetic blades, was sixth in 46.19 seconds, not good enough to fulfil his aim of qualifying for this year's world championships.
Marvin Anderson led a Jamaican clean sweep in the 200m by winning in 20.27 seconds ahead of Yohan Blake and Mario Forsythe.
Australia's Jeff Riseley won the 1,000m in a world leading time of 2:16.75.
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