Bolt sets year’s fastest time for 100 metres

ROME – Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season’s best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting.

Saturday, June 02, 2012
Usain Bolt won the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome. Net photo.

ROME – Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season’s best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting.The Jamaican world record holder, who managed only 10.04 in Ostrava last Friday, was back to his best against a world class field which included his compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell.Powell, who said later he had not heard the starting gun, finished second in 9.91 while European champion Christophe Lemaitre finished strongly to take third place in 10.04 seconds.Bolt said he had not been sleeping regularly since he arrived in Europe.Ethiopian Fantu Magiso upset Kenya’s Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo in the women’s 800 metres in a national record of one minute 57.56 seconds.