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Bolt starts season by winning heat
February 16, 2009, Monday
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WORLD 100 and 200 meters record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sped to victory in his first race of the season on Saturday, winning a 400 heat in 46.35 seconds at the outdoor Camperdown Classic in Kingston, Jamaica.
Running in lane five, he got off to a slow start but left his challengers gasping as he passed the early leaders by halfway. The 22-year-old Bolt, named Jamaica's Sportsman of the Year on Friday, has a best effort of 45.28 for the 400. Saturday's time was faster than the 46.94 he ran in his season-opener last year and quicker than the 47.75 his 100-meter rival, compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell, clocked last week in his first outdoor race. Bolt won the 400 in 45.92 last year and set a personal best of 45.35 in 2003. Michael Johnson holds the world record of 43.18, set in 1999.
Running in lane five, he got off to a slow start but left his challengers gasping as he passed the early leaders by halfway. The 22-year-old Bolt, named Jamaica's Sportsman of the Year on Friday, has a best effort of 45.28 for the 400. Saturday's time was faster than the 46.94 he ran in his season-opener last year and quicker than the 47.75 his 100-meter rival, compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell, clocked last week in his first outdoor race. Bolt won the 400 in 45.92 last year and set a personal best of 45.35 in 2003. Michael Johnson holds the world record of 43.18, set in 1999.
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