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Athletics: Bolt to race over 150-m in Brazil

He recently announced he will compete in the 200m at Oslo’s Bislett Games Diamond League meeting on June 13.

Reuters February 23, 2013 Less than a minute read

SAO PAULO: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will compete in a 150-m race on Brazil’s Copacabana Beach next month against three other sprinters in what the Jamaican called a ‘street meet’ type showdown.

Organisers are to build a track on the famous sands for the March 31 race although they did not say whether it would have a bend.

The 150-m race is an unusual distance that rarely features in top competitions.

Bolt set a world best for the event in Manchester in 2009.

The race in Rio is only the second international event Bolt has confirmed for 2013.

He recently announced he will compete in the 200m at Oslo’s Bislett Games Diamond League meeting on June 13.

He ran a 400-m recently in Jamaica.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 23^rd, 2013.