Athletics: Bolt, Blake to run in Kingston

Jamaica International Invitational athletics meet will be held on May 4.

KINGSTON: Usain Bolt, the two-time reigning Olympic champion at 100 and 200 meters, will run at the Jamaica International Invitational athletics meet on May 4.

Yohan Blake and US sprint star Allyson Felix will also compete in the meeting, but meet director Donald Quarrie, a former Olympic 200 champion, said there will be no showdown between Bolt and Blake in the same event at Kingston.

“Bolt has been confirmed, but his coach, Glen Mills, will decide on the event he will run at a later date,” said Quarrie.

Blake, second to Bolt in both sprints at the London Olympics, is also undecided about his event.

“Bolt and Blake will run, but not in the same event,” he said. “Hopefully next week we should know the event.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 29^th, 2013.