Greene tips Blake in 100 run
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August 28, 2011, Sunday
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USAIN Bolt will not win the 100 meters at the Daegu world championships, according to Maurice Greene, once the world's fastest man.
Greene, never one to shy away from grabbing headlines, predicted yesterday that Bolt's young training mate Yohan Blake would end the world record holder's reign as world champion.
While injured American record-holder Tyson Gay stuck with Bolt in a prediction contest, Greene chose Bolt's fellow Jamaican as his tip for today's final.
"In championships, stars are born and I think there is going to be a surprise in this championship," Greene told a packed news conference.
"(Blake) is crazy enough, mentally tough enough to believe he can go out there and actually win," he said of the 21-year-old who ranks 14th on this year's 100 meters list.
Greene said he meant no disrespect to Bolt, whose world record is 9.58 seconds, "but he is not the same 9.5 runner that he was. He is allowing himself subject to getting beat. That is why I say someone can come up and take him."
Gay, who is recovering from hip surgery, disagreed.
"Usain, he is the favorite," said Gay.
Greene, never one to shy away from grabbing headlines, predicted yesterday that Bolt's young training mate Yohan Blake would end the world record holder's reign as world champion.
While injured American record-holder Tyson Gay stuck with Bolt in a prediction contest, Greene chose Bolt's fellow Jamaican as his tip for today's final.
"In championships, stars are born and I think there is going to be a surprise in this championship," Greene told a packed news conference.
"(Blake) is crazy enough, mentally tough enough to believe he can go out there and actually win," he said of the 21-year-old who ranks 14th on this year's 100 meters list.
Greene said he meant no disrespect to Bolt, whose world record is 9.58 seconds, "but he is not the same 9.5 runner that he was. He is allowing himself subject to getting beat. That is why I say someone can come up and take him."
Gay, who is recovering from hip surgery, disagreed.
"Usain, he is the favorite," said Gay.
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