Usain Bolt will participate in the 100 meter dash at Van Damme

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt will try to get his sputtering start back to normal Friday at the Van Damme Memorial.

The Olympic champion, who was disqualified from the 100-meter final at the world championships because of a false start, will be looking to beat Jamaican teammate Asafa Powell’s world leading time of 9.78 seconds.

Once Bolt crosses the line, however, he will go into hibernation, hoping to be at his best again when he defends his three Olympic titles at the 2012 London Games.

“I’ll be chilling out” until deep into October, Bolt said.

Bolt won’t be racing for the $40,000 Diamond League trophy in the 200 at the closing meet of the competition on Friday because his tender Achilles tendons are giving him too much trouble to run the curve.

Instead, he had a special 100 set up by organizers to have one final shot at the top time of the season. Because of his false-start disqualification in the world championship final, it is the only glory he can take out of the sport’s marquee event this year.

“I have it within me to run the season’s top time,” Bolt said.

The fast Brussels track at the King Baudouin stadium certainly suits him. Three years ago, he ran 9.77 seconds into a strong headwind. It is still the fastest time ever with the wind blowing against.

And in 2009, he ran 19.57 on the same track for the sixth fastest 200 ever.

“This track has been wonderful,” Bolt said. “I’m looking forward to going out there and doing my best so it should be good. I feel great.”

In the 200, the world champion would have faced silver medalist Walter Dix and teammate Yohan Blake, who won the 100 in South Korea in Bolt’s absence. Instead, he will have Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter and Justin Gatlin of the United States pushing him.

Bolt only needs to rev up his start again. Since his disqualification, he has been slow out of the blocks and on Tuesday in Zagreb, he needed to come back from far behind before winning in his season’s best time of 9.85.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.