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Sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake share spotlight
Usain Bolt from Yohan Blake at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. PHOTO/Mark Dadswell/Getty Images AsiaPac
Jamaican big boys flex muscles.
Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt opened his 2012 season with a sizzling anchor leg as his Racers Track Club logged a world leading time of 37.82 seconds in a 4×100 metres relay on Saturday.
Despite his impressive run, he was forced to share the spotlight with team-mate Yohan Blake, who sounded a warning of things to come at the London Olympics by running the year’s fastest 100 metres.
The world champion, who teamed with Bolt on the relay, blitzed home in an impressive 9.90 seconds despite an ordinary start to his first 100 metres of the season. Bolt, who had twice delayed his season opener in February for undisclosed reasons, did not run an individual event, but easily outpaced compatriot and former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell to win the relay by 10 metres in cool, wet conditions.
“It was my first run and I am happy I got through,” the 100 and 200 metres Olympic champion and world record holder said.
