Kingston: Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has been ruled out of Saturday's Jamaica International Invitational meeting because of a slight hamstring strain, his agent said on Tuesday.
The 100 and 200 metres world record holder felt tightness in training over the weekend and in consultation with Coach Glen Mills decided not to risk anything at this early stage of the season, agent Ricky Simms said.
"It's a small strain and he's hoping to be OK for next week but you know it's day by day ... maybe for the two or three days. It just a problem of sprinting," Simms said in a telephone interview.
Asked if the injury was serious, Simms replied: "No. He hopes to be running in Cayman by next week, so it's what you call a grade one strain, which is you can't sprint, but you can walk OK. He's not limping or anything."...
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08:46 AM, May 01, 2013
Jamaica: World and Olympic 400m hurdles champion Melaine Walker has been confirmed for the 100m hurdles at the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) Meet on May 4. Walker will be running the sprint hurdle in a competitive event for the first time since 2006 when she was a student at the University of Texas. She is expected to face off against London Olympic Games 100m hurdles silver medalist Dawn Harper of...
02:36 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Kingston: World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake has been sidelined for six weeks after medical reports raised concern about an injury sustained at an event in Jamaica last weekend. Blake pulled up clutching his right hamstring in the 100m Saturday at the UTech Classic, while trailing eventual winner Kim Collins at the 50m mark, reports CMC. Blake's injury was originally thought to be a cramp but Timothy Spencer, a member...
11:19 AM, Apr 18, 2013
London: Usain Bolt will return to London to compete in the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in which he achieved a clean sweep of gold medals last year. The Jamaican six-times Olympic champion will head a glittering cast as London's Queen Elizabeth Park celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Olympic opening ceremony. The meeting, held on July 26-28, will feature 29 Olympic medallists, including 12 champions and...
01:56 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Usain Bolt cruised to victory in 14.42 seconds, falling short of the world-best mark of 14.35 he set on the streets of Manchester in 2009. ...
12:29 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The six-time Olympic champion already holds the fastest ever 150m time with a mark of 14.36 seconds achieved in Manchester in 2009. ...
02:06 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Bolt won his third Laureus Award after another dominant Olympic performance on the track at London, winning the gold in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay. ...
08:19 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Other favourites include Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, F1 champion Sebastian Vettel and Olympic champion Mo Farah. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 10, 2013
The Jamaica invitational, created in 2004, is organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. ...
04:21 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A six-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt, set a world best for the event in Manchester in 2009. ...
10:37 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The Jamaican sprinter reacts to Oscar Pistorius killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp under suspicious circumstances. ...
10:31 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Usain Bolt and other overseas athletes will be able to compete tax-free in this year's London Diamond League event. ...
04:32 PM, Feb 07, 2013
As part of his preparations, the Jamaican 100 and 200 metres world record holder will run the longer sprint at the Bislett Games Diamond League meeting in Oslo on June 13. ...
08:56 AM, Jan 24, 2013
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09:54 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Usain Bolt and Fraser-Pryce are among the athletes in the running for the Laureus World Sports Awards 2013. ...
01:15 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Monaco: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Kenya's David Rudisha and US hurdler Aries Merritt are in the running for the World Athlete of the Year Award. Three-time winner Bolt is heavily favoured to claim the accolade for a second-straight year after sweeping the sprint titles at the London Olympics. The 23-year-old Rudisha, who won in 2010, was nominated after shattering the 800 metres world record in the London final. Merritt, meanwhile,...
11:36 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica has revealed plans to diminish his training programme in a bid to prolong his career. Bolt, 26, said Tuesday his best chance of adding to his haul of six Olympic gold medals was to avoid over-exerting his body between now and the Rio Games in 2016, reports Xinhua. "I'm going to try to not train too hard and not force my...
01:21 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Auckland: Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Usain Bolt says his goal of lowering the 100-metre mark below 9.4 seconds still stands and hints at a possibility of it happening next season. Bolt made his declaration Monday as he ended a whistle-stop promotional tour, which has seen the world's fastest man on New Zealand soil for less than 24 hours. The 100m and 200m world record holder has previously predicted...
03:06 PM, Oct 09, 2012
London: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has set his sights on defending his three titles at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro rather than switching to another event, the six-times gold medallist said on Monday. The 26-year-old Jamaican said his coach would like him to take up the 400 metres and Bolt, wary of up-and-coming sprinters like teammate Yohan Blake, has spoken of trying the long jump. Bolt said...
08:25 AM, Oct 09, 2012
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