Athletics: ‘Bolt faces tough competition in London’

NEW DEHLI: Usain Bolt will find it tough to repeat the sprint double at the London Olympics because there is stiffer competition than four years ago, former 100m champion Linford Christie warned. Bolt won the 100m and 200m titles in Beijing in world-record times and then ran faster in both events at the world championships in 2009. Christie, the 1992 Olympic 100m gold medallist, said Bolt remained the favourite but would face a strong field in London. “Bolt is fast but the competition will be cut-throat,” said Christie. “There’s  Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter and others. The way he won in 2008, it may not happen. Someone, somewhere will come up.”

Published in The Express Tribune, May 26^th, 2012.