Bolt sprints to season best with 9.76
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June 2, 2012, Saturday
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USAIN Bolt may have won in the fastest time this year and set a new meet record at the Diamond League in Rome but he is still expecting coach Glen Mills to explain what he did wrong.
While he could understandably be upset with his 10.04 seconds run in Ostrava last week, it seemed as if everything had clicked into place in the Eternal City. The world record holder ran 9.76, lowering his own season's best by six hundredths of a second and beating Tyson Gay's meet record by just 0.01sec.
His start was reasonable and once he got into his stride he was a class apart, striding clear of a talented field. Asafa Powell, the former world record holder, was second in 9.91 with European champion Christophe Lemaitre third in 10.04.
But now Bolt believes he needs to go back to the drawing board.
"Overall it was a good race, last time I came here it was without a lot of races, but this time the execution was good," he said. "I'm happy but I'm just going to go home and call my coach so he can explain to me what I did wrong, what I did right and I'll look forward to the next race."
As for his start he wasn't entirely satisfied, despite Lemaitre next to him coming out the blocks far slower.
"That's always the biggest point of my race, I think it's all about consistency. The rest comes together if you get a good start."
However, there was no doubt that Bolt feels he is on the right track in terms of his Olympic preparation.
"I think I'm getting there, it wasn't the perfect race, it had flaws but I just have to continue working on what's necessary."
While he could understandably be upset with his 10.04 seconds run in Ostrava last week, it seemed as if everything had clicked into place in the Eternal City. The world record holder ran 9.76, lowering his own season's best by six hundredths of a second and beating Tyson Gay's meet record by just 0.01sec.
His start was reasonable and once he got into his stride he was a class apart, striding clear of a talented field. Asafa Powell, the former world record holder, was second in 9.91 with European champion Christophe Lemaitre third in 10.04.
But now Bolt believes he needs to go back to the drawing board.
"Overall it was a good race, last time I came here it was without a lot of races, but this time the execution was good," he said. "I'm happy but I'm just going to go home and call my coach so he can explain to me what I did wrong, what I did right and I'll look forward to the next race."
As for his start he wasn't entirely satisfied, despite Lemaitre next to him coming out the blocks far slower.
"That's always the biggest point of my race, I think it's all about consistency. The rest comes together if you get a good start."
However, there was no doubt that Bolt feels he is on the right track in terms of his Olympic preparation.
"I think I'm getting there, it wasn't the perfect race, it had flaws but I just have to continue working on what's necessary."
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