Bolt set for Euro meeting; ATHLETICS.USAIN BOLT Usain Bolt (born 21 August1986) is a Jamaican sprinter and current world junior and Jamaican record holder over 200 m. Early life Bolt was born Trelawny, Jamaica) and educated at William Knibb High School. will begin his European track season today by competing over 100 metres at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava. Bolt is no stranger to the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. venue and thrilled the stadium last June with a victory over 200m, his favourite event, in a time of 19.83seconds. Since then the 22- year-old has produced a string of performances, including his Olympic 100m and 200m double. He will contest the shorter distance today in Ostrava, where he will be hoping the conditions are more favourable than at the rainswept Toronto meeting last week, where he was slowed to a time of 10.00secs. Should that be the case, and given the fact the Ostrava track is fast, he could challenge the meeting record of 9.85sec, which Jamaican compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri Asafa Powell set four years ago.. |
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