Athletics: Blake eyes new mark

BERLIN: Recently-crowned men’s 100 metres world champion Yohan Blake will be the star attraction today at the ISTAF athletics meet and will be bidding at the very least to run the fastest ever 100m at Berlin. The 21-year-old, who profited from training partner Bolt’s false start to win gold in Daegu, clocked 9.82 seconds in Zurich on Thursday and is looking to take the Berlin record of 9.86 seconds held by both Maurice Green, in 2000, and compatriot Asafa Powell, in 2006. “After my success in Daegu and Zurich, I can really run relaxed here,” said Blake.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2011.