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Usain Bolt to compete at Diamond League in Zurich
Usain Bolt
Sprint legend Usain Bolt is among six Jamaicans confirmed for the Diamond League meeting in Zurich on Thursday.
Bolt will compete in the men’s 100 meters, his first race since the Moscow World Championships.
The six-time Olympic champion stole the spotlight at the Moscow World Championships by completing a triple gold-medal performance.
Bolt will race against three other Jamaicans in the short sprint-Nesta Carter, the 100 meter bronze medallist at the Moscow World Championships, Nickel Ashmeade and Kemar Bailey Cole.
The race also includes American Justin Gatlin, who won silver medal behind Bolt in the 100 meter at the Moscow World Championships.
Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is also down to compete in Zurich, her first outing after creating history in Moscow.
Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in world championships history to sweep the sprint events when she anchored Jamaica to gold in the 4×100 meter relay final to finish the Championships with three gold medals, just like Bolt.
Fraser-Pryce will again come face-to-face with the big Ivory Coast sprinter Murielle Ahoure.
The other Jamaican down to compete in Zurich is 400 meter hurdler Kaliese Spencer who takes part in her second outing since the Moscow World Championships.
Spencer will again face the Moscow World Championships gold medallist Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic. -(CMC)