adminKINGSTON .- Reigning world and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will return to basics when he runs the 100 metres today at the Jamaica Athletics Championships to prepare for the World Championships.
Bolt had not originally planned to run at the national trials for the Jamaican squad that will compete at the worlds later this year at Beijing, having already assured himself of a spot in the field at the Bird’s Nest.
But his failure to run under 10 seconds in the 100 or under 20 seconds in the 200 so far this season has bewildered the global sprint star and forced coach Glen Mills to change plans and enter him in the Jamaican trials that selects athletes for the worlds and next month’s Pan American Games in Toronto.
Bolt has byes in both the world 100 and 200 after winning both events two years ago in Moscow, just as he did at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.
But while making the team is not a concern, finding form is a worry. -AFP
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