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
Kingston: Jamaica's world 100 metres champion Yohan Blake could miss the Jamaica International Invitational on May 4 and the Shanghai Diamond League meeting a fortnight later because of a hamstring injury, his coach Glen Mills said on Tuesday. Mills told Reuters that the right hamstring injury sustained by Blake during a 100 metres race on Saturday at the UTECH Track and Field Classic in Kingston was more serious than originally...
10:59 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The Jamaica invitational, created in 2004, is organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. ...
04:21 PM, Mar 09, 2013
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
Brussels: Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt does not mind sharing the limelight with his Jamaican rival Yohan Blake but thinks competing against him all the time would be boring. Speaking ahead of Friday's Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Bolt said the rivalry with Blake was important but should not be exaggerated. "You play the rivalry down if you always compete against each other," the six-times Olympic gold medallist...
10:49 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Zurich: Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake both set Weltklasse meeting records despite rain and cold winds at the Diamond League event on Thursday. The hottest star attractions in athletics continued to fulfill their post-London Olympics plan of dividing the glamor sprints between them " and making fast times seem routine. Bolt playfully shivered for the television cameras at the 200 meters starting line, then timed 19.66 seconds in the fastest...
06:35 PM, Aug 31, 2012
The Sydney Sixers franchise are hoping to lure him for the Big Bash League. ...
12:54 PM, Aug 16, 2012
London: Usain Bolt got the gold medal and another world record, too, anchoring the Jamaicans to victory in 36.84 seconds on Saturday night to cap off his second straight 3-for-3 Olympics. The United States finished in 37.04 seconds, the old world-record time set by Bolt and the Jamaicans last year. Trinidad & Tobago got the bronze medal when Canada was disqualified after finishing third. Bolt had already won the 100...
01:56 AM, Aug 12, 2012
CNN-IBN's experts talk about the record-breaking feat by the Jamaican sprinter after retaining the 200m title. ...
11:50 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: In a show of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres here Thursday to claim being "a legend" who has got "nothing left to prove". Bolt did what he promised he would do. He won the race in a commanding style, getting a flying start and running a fine bend to put him a metre-and-a-half...
09:56 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds Thursday night to become the first man with two Olympic titles at that distance. Bolt beat countryman Yohan Blake by .12 seconds, and Warren Weir took third to make it a 1-2-3 sweep for Jamaica. The 25-year-old Bolt won the 100 on Sunday and now has five Olympic golds " a number he celebrated by hitting the ground and doing...
01:49 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Having set the track ablaze in the men's 100m sprint, Usain Bolt will once again be the favourite to clinch Thursday night's 200m dash, says nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN from London, the 51-year-old American said the three runners from Jamaica - Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir - will once again lead the charge in tonight's event. There wont be anything out of ordinary...
02:41 PM, Aug 09, 2012
