Races
Usain Bolt wins 200m in Oslo
June 9, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Usain Bolt won the 200m race in Oslo during the rainy Bislett Games with a fantastic 19.86 seconds setting his fastest time in 2011 in front of a very enthusiastic crowd. This was Usain Bolt’s first 200m victory of the season and Usain Bolt crossed the finish line several meters ahead of his competitors. This race was the 5th of the Samsung Diamond League.
Competition was not strong and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure finishing in second in 20.43 seconds and Mario Forsythe finishing third in 20.49 seconds. Christian Malcolm from Whaled ran in 20.57 seconds in a season’s best finishing fifth. Even though Usain Bolt was not close to his world record 19.19 set at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 he still beat all his opponents making the crowd cheer. To show people that he was getting back to business, Bolt said “I was never out of business,” winning the 200m in Oslo in 19.86seconds. “I think business was just slow.”
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Usain Bolt wins 100m in Ostrava
May 31, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Usain Bolt the world record holder is happy to win his second race of the season in Ostrava. Usain Bolt clocked a time of 9.91seconds and claimed victory beating Steve Mullings , the fastest man in the world this year who finished in second with 9.97 seconds.Daniel Bailey finishing third running in 10.08 seconds. Even though Bolt had a rather bad start of the 100m race in Ostrava, he finished strong with several meters again of his competitors and no rivals got as close to him as Powell did last week.
After crossing the finish line of the Golden Spike 100m race in Ostrava, Bolt fooled around just as he did in Rome making the crowds laugh and cheer. The 24 year old also said “I think I could have executed it a bit better, I was expecting a faster time, but I got through this race injury free.” We are now waiting with excitement to watch Usain Bolt race 200m in Oslo.
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Usain Bolt wins 100m Rome Diamond League with 9.91seconds
Usain Bolt wins the 100m Diamond League meeting in Rome beating Asafa Powell on the finish line with merely 0.02seconds. Even though the world record holder Usain Bolt said he was back in action he had was left fighting for victory after to a bad start and maybe shouldn’t have mouthed “Number one in the world, I’m ready,” on the start line.
Following the race Bolt said explained his poor start saying “I was so nervous I got a bad start and then kind of started to panic,” “My coach will analyse the race. I was not proud of the race but I am getting there.” Nevertheless, superstar Usain Bolt won the 100m race in Rome and holds the second fastest time in the world this year and will kick ass again! We hope that Usain Bolt will be of to a better start in Ostrava Golden Spikes meetin on 31 May.
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Usain Bolt lost to Tyson Gay in Stockholm
August 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt, World record holder and Olympic champion saw his defeat for the first time in two years by Tyson Gay in the much awaited 100 m clash at the Dimaond League in Stockholm, Sweden today!
Usain Bolt and sprinting rivals Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell were suppose to meet for the first time in 2010 in the 100m at the Stockholm Diamond League today. Unfortionalty Asafa Powell pulled out of the meeting due to a groin injury changing the Diamond League Stockholm Meeting to a showdown from the three fastest men ever to the two fastest men ever.
The sold out arena during the Diamond League, Stockholm, was waiting in silence as the anticipation rose after two false start. The surprise was enormus as the Tyson Gay won the 100m race clocking 9.48s over Usain Bolt 9.97 s breaking what would have been Usain Bolt’s 28 straight win today. Richard Thompson was third in 10.10s. Complete result list 100m Diamond League Stockholm!
After the race Tyson Gay, second fastest man in the world, told reporters , I look forward to beating him when he is 100 percent.” and insisted that that Bolt is still the man to defeat.
“Usain knows what his limitations are. His goal this year was to go undefeated, not set world records. He has plenty left in the tank.”
Usain Bolts los during the Diamond League Stockholm Meeting might not have come as a shock to everybody as he even admitted before the race that he had not trained properly earlier in the season. Usain Bolt’s comment after his defeat to Tyson Gay was “You can get beat any day. You have good days and bad days. I still need to work on my strength. The first 10 metres was rubbish. I had no power, no nothing. I have tried to work on it but it didn’t work out.”
He also excudes his loss by saying “I was ready but the two stand-ups annoyed me. But Tyson was in better shape than me and was better prepared.”
Usain Bolt wins 100m at 2009 Zurich Golden League in 9.81 seconds
August 28, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
28th August 2009
Usain Bolt won the 100m at the Weltklasse meeting in Zurich tonight and defended his title from 2008 where he won in a time of 9.93 seconds.
This time Bolt did not crush his rivals but was slow out of the blocks and trailed Asafa Powell halfway into the race and only pulled away in the last 20 meters winning in 9.81 seconds. Powell on the other hand finished in 9.88, followed, Darvis Patton in 9.95 and Michael Rodgers in 9.98.
‘My body was sitting at the start, I was a little bit tired through the race. All things considered, the time is not bad” said Usain Bolt after the race.
