Athletics: Bolt eyes 9.7s at 100m in Ostrava

OSTRAVA: Reigning double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is targeting a 9.7 seconds time when he takes to the track to race the 100m on Friday in his European season debut. The Jamaican will be making his sixth appearance in the eastern Czech city, where he holds the meet record of 19.83 seconds over 200m, set just before the Beijing Olympics in 2008. “It’s almost like a must for me,” said Bolt.”I really enjoy running here and my coach [Glenn Mills] knows this is one of the meets I must come to every year. I’m definitely looking forward to it. I started off the season very well,” he said of his winning 9.82 seconds performance over the Kingston Invitational 100m. “Ostrava’s a good track and I always do extremely well here.”

Published in The Express Tribune, May 23^rd, 2012.