Usain Bolt blasts warning in 200m stroll but remains coy about 100m at Beijing Olympics

telegraph.co.uk     27-Jul-2008            

Usain Bolt whetted the appetite for Beijing with a staggering performance in the 200 metres at Crystal Palace, where his British all-comers record of 19.76sec looked like a stroll in the park, but he still will not confirm whether he will double up and run in the 100m as well at the Olympics. Awesome: Usain Bolt runs a 200m faster than any man on British soil Photo: AFP Athletics is clamouring to see one of the most eagerly awaited races of the decade against fellow Jamaican and former world record holder Asafa Powell and world champion Tyson Gay, but Bolt, who broke the world 100m record earlier this season, is keeping his options open for a while longer. Bolt, 21, who has yet to win a gold at senior level, would have to break a leg not to win Olympic 200m gold, but he could compromise that by getting involved in an epic... [read full story]                    


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