Congrats: Usain Bolt wins 3rd straight world title in 200-meters

Usain Bolt won his third straight world title today Saturday August 17th after setting a world leading time of 19.66 seconds in the 200-meters event at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Usain will now go for his fourth triple gold at a major championship when he joins the Jamaican team for the 4x100 relay tomorrow Sunday August 18th. Congrats to him!

Bolt regains world 100m concept in emphatic model

MOSCOW (AFP) – Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt lifted track and field out of the doping doldrums as he reclaimed his world 100m title in emphatic style on Sunday.

Bolt clocked a season’s best 9.77 seconds in heavy rain at the Luzhniki Stadium, with American Justin Gatlin claiming silver in 9.85sec and Nesta Carter, also of Jamaica, taking bronze in 9.95sec.

Athletics’ credibility had again been called to account in recent weeks, notably after American sprint rival Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell tested positive for drugs.

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I can beat Bolt again says Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay is finally injury-free and says he has “no excuses” for not beating Usain Bolt. The fastest man in the world this year, Gay acknowledged his frustration at dealing with hip, groin and hamstring pain while Bolt piled up world records and gold medals. “It just was maddening for so long,” said the American, who won sprint double gold at the 2007 world championships before Bolt started dominating the following year.

“It’s finally over and done with,” Gay told reporters ahead of his headline appearance in the 100 at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting. “I have no excuses, I have no pain. I feel good. I am over the mental part of being injured,” said the sprinter whose 31st birthday next month falls on the eve of the worlds opening in Moscow. Now Gay wants Bolt, who skipped Athletissima to run a 200 in Paris on Saturday, to arrive in Russia in the same great shape. Double Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake is the actual world champion at 100 – after Bolt famously false-started in Daegu, South Korea – though the Jamaican No.2 has had a hamstring injury since April.

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Usain Bolt beaten by Justin Gatlin in 100m in Rome

US sprinter Justin Gatlin beat six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt in the men's 100 metres race at the Rome Golden Gala, Diamond League, which took place today. Justin beat Usain by one-hundredth of a second, that's like 1% of a second. Justin actually had to dip his head within the line to win in 9.94 seconds. Usain came in 9.95. Usain was making his first appearance in the Diamond League this year since his recent recovery from the hamstring injury. Usain explained what happened to him: "I got the perfect start that I wanted, then about five steps in I stumbled a little and that type of threw my game off. My legs didn't feel like my legs entering the straight.

 I suppose I need to do more strength work. I do believe I just need time to obtain it back together but the very fact I got a good beginning threw me off. At the least I got under 10 seconds. "It is always a good thing to lose. You can figure how exactly to step it up. I knew I wasn't in great shape but I'm not worried. It does take time to obtain back to shape and I didn't expect much using this race." Usain's next race is going to be in the men's 200m in next Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Oslo.