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Devonish to take on Bolt; OLYMPIC ATHLETICS.


OLYMPIC sprint The Team Sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic Sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name it is not a conventional cycling sprint event - it is a three-man team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.  relay gold An earlier communications program that supported modem transmission and mainframe file transfer. Originally developed by Microcom, it was marketed by Relay Technology until the company was acquired in the late 1990s by NetManage.  medallist Marlon Devonish has signed up to face double world record holder Usain Bolt at next month's Great CityGames Manchester.

Devonish will tackle Jamaica's triple Olympic gold medallist and other top stars in an innovative 150m street race on May 17.

The Coventry athlete has already shown early pre-summer form by winning over 100m at an international meeting in Miami with a fast time of 10.11 seconds last Sunday.

Devonish, 32, currently warm-weather training in Florida, was aided by a slight following wind of 0.50sec and posted the fourth fastest time of his career..
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Publication:Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:Apr 18, 2009
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