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Yohan Blake beats Usain Bolt in 100 at Jamaican Olympic trials
Asafa Powell will join them at the Olympics, after finishing in 9.88.
In the women’s 100, defending Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won in a Jamaican record 10.70 seconds, with Veronica Campbell-Brown in second and Kerron Stewart in third.
Campbell-Brown provided the surprise at last year’s trials when she finished fourth in the final and didn’t make the 100-meter field.
She ended up winning the 200 at trials and the Olympics and is very much in line for a double this time, as well.
So are Blake and Bolt.
It was widely believed Blake might provide a better challenge to Bolt in the 200 because he holds the world’s second-fastest time at 19.26. Bolt’s record is 19.19. They’ll run in heats Saturday with the final scheduled for Sunday.
But in track’s most glamorous event, the 100, it’s Blake who heads to London with the win.
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