Bolt set for New York Diamond League meet
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt will race the 100 metres in the June
12 meet at New York, the fifth leg of the Diamond League, event
organisers announced on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old phenomenon will return to the track at the Icahn
stadium where he set his first 100m world record of 9.72sec in May 2008.
"The track was lit up by lightning but despite the storm, the
supporters stayed seated to watch the 100m. So I know they enjoyed my
speed," recalled Bolt, nicknamed `Lightning Bolt'.
The rest of Bolt's 2010 programme remains undecided, although it is
practically certain that he will miss the Commonwealth Games, set to
take place in New Delhi in October. By contrast, he is expected to
compete in the majority of the 14 events that make up the new Diamond
League programme.
The Diamond League begins in Doha on May 14 and will replace the
Golden League, which grouped together the six most high-profile meets of
the summer season. PARIS, Wednesday AFP |