Bolt surges to 100 win in Monaco
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July 24, 2011, Sunday
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WORLD and Olympic champion Usain Bolt needed a late surge to narrowly beat fellow Jamaican Nesta Carter in the 100 meters with his season's-best time of 9.88 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Bolt overhauled his compatriot, who also ran his season's-best of 9.90, in the last 15 meters while American Michael Rodgers finished third in 9.96.
"It was not the best start, but I executed well overall," Bolt told reporters after finding his form in his last scheduled meeting ahead of next month's world championships. "My aim this season is to run 9.7, maybe 9.6. For me, this year it's about building myself and go into the Olympic season fit and ready. London (2012 Olympics) is the key."
Bolt set his 100 record of 9.58 at the 2009 world championships in Berlin and will defend his title at the August 27-September 4 worlds in Daegu, South Korea.
He will face competition from compatriot Asafa Powell who set a world-leading time of 9.78 in Lausanne, Switzerland, last month.
Among the others athletes posting world-leading times ahead of the worlds were 800-meter world record holder David Rudisha, the Kenyan winning in one minute 42.61 seconds. Britain's Mo Farah also set the season's-best time in the 5,000 as he beat American Bernard Lagat in a sprint to the line in a time of 12 minutes 53.11.
Bolt overhauled his compatriot, who also ran his season's-best of 9.90, in the last 15 meters while American Michael Rodgers finished third in 9.96.
"It was not the best start, but I executed well overall," Bolt told reporters after finding his form in his last scheduled meeting ahead of next month's world championships. "My aim this season is to run 9.7, maybe 9.6. For me, this year it's about building myself and go into the Olympic season fit and ready. London (2012 Olympics) is the key."
Bolt set his 100 record of 9.58 at the 2009 world championships in Berlin and will defend his title at the August 27-September 4 worlds in Daegu, South Korea.
He will face competition from compatriot Asafa Powell who set a world-leading time of 9.78 in Lausanne, Switzerland, last month.
Among the others athletes posting world-leading times ahead of the worlds were 800-meter world record holder David Rudisha, the Kenyan winning in one minute 42.61 seconds. Britain's Mo Farah also set the season's-best time in the 5,000 as he beat American Bernard Lagat in a sprint to the line in a time of 12 minutes 53.11.
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