The world waits as Bolt battling to regain fitness
July 24, 2012, Tuesday
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ORGANIZERS may think the most closely-guarded secret of the 2012 Games is who will light the Olympic flame, but of far greater interest to the wider sporting public is the condition of Usain Bolt's right hamstring.
The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the top attraction of the London Games, but the question mark over his fitness has added an extra layer of intrigue to what is already an exciting 100 meters race.
Bolt needed some stretching and massage treatment for a tight hamstring following his 100m and 200m defeat to Yohan Blake at the Jamaican trials at the start of the month, when he looked to be nursing the injury with a tentative start. He immediately withdrew from last Friday's Monaco Diamond League meeting where he had been due to run the 200m in a last race before the Olympics.
Bolt then travelled to Germany to see renowned German sports doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, though his agent Ricky Simms said the trip had been long-scheduled as part of his regular "prehabilitation" regime.
The 1.95m sprinter suffered with hamstring troubles early in his career, a problem linked to a curvature in his spine, and has to put himself through a gruelling stretching and conditioning regime to prevent any recurrence.
"He had a slightly tight hamstring during the trials and that's why possibly he didn't push as hard as he could have," Simms said recently when assuring the public that his man would be in good shape for London.
"He was just protecting that. The main thing at the trials was to get through and get on the team for the Olympic Games.
"His coach decided that he needs to get a little bit of massage and treatment on that and rest up, and then train again hard next week so that he's ready for the Olympic Games."
Bolt is training in Birmingham.
The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the top attraction of the London Games, but the question mark over his fitness has added an extra layer of intrigue to what is already an exciting 100 meters race.
Bolt needed some stretching and massage treatment for a tight hamstring following his 100m and 200m defeat to Yohan Blake at the Jamaican trials at the start of the month, when he looked to be nursing the injury with a tentative start. He immediately withdrew from last Friday's Monaco Diamond League meeting where he had been due to run the 200m in a last race before the Olympics.
Bolt then travelled to Germany to see renowned German sports doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, though his agent Ricky Simms said the trip had been long-scheduled as part of his regular "prehabilitation" regime.
The 1.95m sprinter suffered with hamstring troubles early in his career, a problem linked to a curvature in his spine, and has to put himself through a gruelling stretching and conditioning regime to prevent any recurrence.
"He had a slightly tight hamstring during the trials and that's why possibly he didn't push as hard as he could have," Simms said recently when assuring the public that his man would be in good shape for London.
"He was just protecting that. The main thing at the trials was to get through and get on the team for the Olympic Games.
"His coach decided that he needs to get a little bit of massage and treatment on that and rest up, and then train again hard next week so that he's ready for the Olympic Games."
Bolt is training in Birmingham.
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