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Usain Bolt wins 100 in 10.04 at Ostrava
Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt. PHOTO/Joe Klamar/AFP
Usain Bolt won the 100 meters in 10.04 seconds in the wind at the Golden Spike meet Friday, his first victory in Europe leading to the London Olympics.
The Jamaican had a slow start but pulled ahead in the final meters. He failed to improve his season best of 9.82 from a May meet in Jamaica. Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis finished second in 10.19, followed by Darvis Patton of the U.S. in 10.22.
“It’s hard to explain,” Bolt said. “I don’t really know what went wrong.”
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius failed to secure an Olympic spot after he was timed in 47.66 seconds in the 400, finishing eighth. Pistorius needs to run 45.30 or faster once more before June 30 to earn a trip to London in line with South Africa’s Olympic criteria.
Before the race, Bolt said he was working on his notoriously slow start in hopes of bettering his world records in the 100 and 200 in London. Bolt won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games.
“At the start I didn’t feel as explosive as I normally feel like,” he said.
This was Bolt’s sixth competition in Ostrava.
