BOLT-ING OUT IN FRONT
Beijing Olympics triple gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica has spreadeagled the rest of the field in a 150meter race on the streets of Manchester..
The world record holder in the 100 and 200 meters set a world’s best clocking of 14.35 seconds over the 150 meter distance with Britian’s Marlon Devonish closest at the finish line.
There were fears earlier that Bolt may have been forced to pull-out of the race after he had a car accident in which his car crashed into a ditch last April 29 forcing himto have stitches in his left foot.
Although Bolt returned to full training last week, he was still too good for the opposition as evidenced by the fact that his time for the first 100 meters was a fantastic 9.9 seconds. The Jamaican sensation went on to smash the previous best of 14.8sec for the 150m set by Italian Pietro Mennea in 1983 — when Bolt was not even born.
Bolt told Vikki Orvice of The Sun: “I didn’t expect to run that fast. It’s my first major run of the season and I was happy just to come out and run. I don’t even think I’m in the best of shape and I still have a lot of work to do ”
Devonish, who was a member of Britain’s 4x100m gold relay squad in Athens, was second in 15.07sec with American Ivory Williams third in 15.08sec.
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