Usain Bolt said he could call an early halt to his season after Friday's Golden League meeting in Zurich.
Bolt, who smashed his existing records in the 100m and 200m at the recent World Championships in Berlin, admitted to feeling tired from his exploits.
"I can't say I'm not tired. Hopefully I can tell after the race whether I can go for three more races," said Bolt.
Lisa Dobriskey, who claimed 1500m silver in Berlin, heads a small squad of British athletes in Zurich.
Dobriskey, who was elevated to second place after original winner Natalia Rodriguez was disqualified for pushing, will again meet most of the contestants from the Berlin final.
Bahrain's gold medallist Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Shannon Rowbury of the United States, who was third, also make an early return to action, while Dobriskey's fellow Briton Jemma Simpson, a semi-finalist in the 800m in Berlin, steps up in distance. Read more here...
Ever wonder what it’s like to be the fastest person in the world?
Rondel Sorrillo might not have a bad idea.
Sorrillo, a UK sprinter, recently represented his home country of Trinidad and Tobago in the 200m at the World Track and Field Championships. The 200m competition ran from Aug. 18-20, and runners needed to advance past three heat stages to qualify for the final.
In all three stages, Sorrillo drew the same heat as Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.
Sorrillo didn’t reach the finals; he finished sixth in his semifinal heat and finished 13th at the Championships. But three times over the span of two days, he raced directly against the fastest man in the history of civilization. Read more here...
Michael Johnson: Where does Usain Bolt go from here?
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is so much better than all the other 100m and 200m runners and at only 23 he is a world-record holder, world champion, and Olympic champion. So where does he go now?
Usually the World Championships held the year after an Olympics leaves much to be desired, but this was a great occasion, with world records, championship records, and some fine competitive races.
We knew last year that Usain Bolt could run much faster after he won the Olympic 100 metres gold, in Beijing, in 9.69 seconds after easing down 30m from the finish. But to see him cover 100m in 9.58sec, in Berlin, was unbelievable.
In the early rounds of the 200m the Jamaican said he was tired and looked it on his way to the final. It led many people to doubt he would break his world-record of 19.30 set in Beijing. But he did break the record again – running 19.19sec. Most impressive about his performance in the final was that I believe he really was tired: he appeared to start to fatigue at the end of the race, yet still managed to lower his world record. Read more here...
There is no stopping Usain Bolt and a 19.19 World Record over 200m blew the Berlin competition apart.
"I had nothing to lose," "I went out there and just did my best.
"I was kind of tired for yesterday, but in the warm-ups I was feeling good so I decided what the heck - let's come out here and try for the world record.
"I ran hard and I got it, and I'm proud of myself. You could see the look on my face, I was really trying hard, I was digging, I was giving everything I got.
Usain Bolt cruises into 200m semi-final and targets a good night's sleep
Usain Bolt yawned as he virtually jogged his way into tomorrow's 200m semi-final following his 100m world-record breaking exertions on Sunday night. Joking as he made his way to the start line Bolt pretended to take a nap, evidently still a little tired from the 9.58sec run that stunned the world only 48 hours before.
The multiple world record holder easily dispensed with the formalities of two qualifying rounds, with two straightforward runs – crossing the line in 20.70sec and then 20.41sec – taking it easy and slowing down coming into the final 100m. With the American Tyson Gay unable to defend his world title as the groin injury that has been plaguing his season refused to heal, the medal looks certain to go to the Jamaican – a bonus birthday present for Bolt, who is 23 on Friday.
Bolt, though, has been reluctant to promise any more world records. "I will get to the final and just execute," he said. "I will be running hard. After six races I am feeling all right, a little tired but nothing a good night's rest won't cure."
Usain Bolt sets sights on 200m record after smashing 100m world best
Usain Bolt is already plotting his next assault on athletics lore here in Berlin's Olympiastadion as he promises to do everything in his unreal powers to rewrite his 200 metres world record in the same fashion he obliterated his 100 metres mark.
As athletics was still rubbing its eyes at the most startling revision ever of the blue riband world record, following Bolt's 9.58sec triumph at the world championships, the great man himself was trying to play down the prospect that the same fate could now befall his half-lap record in Thursday's final.
Bolt said that after slicing an unprecedented 0.11sec off the 100m time he had exactly a year earlier, he doubted that he could now come out and repeat the same world record double of Beijing by lowering his 200m mark of 19.30sec.
"he writes his own history with every stride that he takes"
"brilliant beyond compare"
"a talent beyond compare"
"frightening"
Asafa Powell 9.84 a distant third, 9.71 a new American national record....
Could the 4 x 100 be a Beijing repeat? Will the 200m see a new WR as well?
We have been Bolt fans for a long time and perhaps a little harsh on Tyson Gay for being "race shy" or "Bolt shy".
There is little doubt though that Bolt by putting himself on the track through adverse weather over the 100m in Europe has raced himself into shape and into the record books yet again over 100m.
His strategy of seeking out the competition and facing them again and again come rain or shine is a clear lesson to anyone.
To win you must get out there and race hard, prove to yourself and to anyone watching again and again that you are out there to win.
Winners go out and do what they do ... Bolt did just that over 100m in a manner that was stunning and the 200m is yet to come ...
Usain Bolt took 0.11 seconds off his world record of 9.69, on his way to becoming the first Jamaican man to win the World Championship 100 metres title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin yesterday.
In control at the 30-metre mark he blitzed the field to win by 0.13secs in 9.58secs (wind +0.9 m/s).
"For me it was all about just winning and I went out there and executed well and I got the right time, so I'm happy with myself,"
"I would definitely say I gave it most of what I had because Tyson Gay was right there, so I had to push. I'm not in the best of shape, but I'm in great shape,"
American Tyson Gay finished second in 9.71secs - the second fastest time of all time and Jamaica's Asafa Powell took bronze with a season best 9.84secs.
Gay was quoted as saying:
"I've been telling you someone could run 9.5. I'm happy he did it. It showed humans can take it to another level," said Gay,
"Well, I'm not sure if he's human; maybe he's from space," said Powell. "But it shows that it is possible, and a lot more guys are going to work hard to run 9.5s because Bolt has taken the sport to another level."
as for the 200m and another record Bolt said :
"Definitely, you can always expect great things from me because I always go out there and do my best all the time, so you can definitely expect great things in the 200m."
In Jamaica, the popular mantra goes "we likkle but we tallawah" which, basically translated from patois to English, means "we are small but we are talented".
That was borne out on the greatest stage of all this time last year when the Caribbean island of about three million souls wowed the word. The country swept the men's and women's sprint events at the Beijing Games on its merry way to a record haul of 11 medals including half a dozen of the most important hue, gold.
The athletes' heroics sent the island into a nationalistic frenzy not seen since Jamaica's Reggae Boyz soccer team qualified for the 1998 World Cup and then Prime Minister PJ Patterson declared a public holiday. Read more here...
For the past few seasons the women's 200m has been the Allyson Felix and Veronica Campbell-Brown show and few would bet against one or the other landing gold in Berlin.
Felix, the defending champion, landed the US title in June before opting to concentrate on the 100m and 400m. However, the long term vision was always the 200m at the World championships and her preparation was vindicated when she rocketed to the top of the world standings with a sensational 21.88 winning time in her last pre-Worlds appearance in Stockholm. It was a time within 0.07 of her lifetime best set when winning the 2007 World 200m title and rightly installs her as pre-race favourite.
Usain Bolt will bid for sprint glory in Berlin - in the Olympic Stadium where Jesse Owens defied Adolf Hitler and the racist theory of Aryan supremacy.
Jamaican Bolt is set to be the star of the World Championships, the biggest athletics event held in this arena since the Nazis built it for the 1936 Olympics.
It was there that Owens won four gold medals - in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump.
The USA team will honour Owens' historic exploits by wearing "JO" on their singlets during the Championships.
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) -- Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race chief rival Tyson Gay at Brussels on September 4, Gay's manager told Reuters on Wednesday.
"It will likely be a 100 (meters) but it is confirmed they will race," Mark Wetmore said in a telephone interview.
Discussions also are under way for the two to race in Zurich on August 28, Gay and Wetmore said in a separate teleconference with US reporters.
All the latest news from Southport Waterloo Athletics Club
SOUTHPORT Waterloo’s senior track & field athletes have enjoyed two consecutive years in Division 2 West of the Northern League; but reality struck home in the final match of this season at Blackpool on Sunday.
A fourth place finish meant relegation back to Division 3 next year!
After Round 3, three clubs - Southport Waterloo, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton and St Helens Sutton - were each on nine League points which meant that whichever of the three finished lowest in the final match would be relegated, along with Manx Harriers.
This appears to have galvanised Liverpool Pembroke and St Helens to field strong teams in the final match and they proved well worth their place in Division 2.
Team USA ready to compete at World Championships in Berlin
INDIANAPOLIS - Reigning world champions Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Michelle Perry, Reese Hoffa and Brad Walker will lead a potent Team USA roster at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Tuesday announced the Team USA roster for the 12th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany.
This will be the first time Team USA has returned to Berlin for a major international championship competition since the 1936 Olympic Games, where National Track & Field Hall of Famer Jesse Owens won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump.
"These World Championships are special to us for many reasons," said USATF CEO Doug Logan. "It is Team USA's chance to come back strong in the post-Olympic year, and it is an opportunity to honor the incredible legacy of the great Jesse Owens. We feel our team roster will represent the United States well on both counts."
Dwain Chambers to contest sprint double at World Championships
Dwain Chambers has been given two chances to get his ‘Project Bolt’ back on track after being selected in the 100 and 200 metres for next month’s World Championships in Berlin.
The 31-year-old European indoor champion, announced earlier this year that he would try and find a way to beat Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt and vowed to find a "crack in his armour".
Chambers is one of 60 GB athletes who will travel to Germany after missing out on automatic selection after he was beaten in the 100m at the UK trials by Simeon Williamson.
He later withdrew from the 200m trial citing exhaustion, but remains the second fastest man in Britain this year with a 100m time of 10.06 sec and, though his best 200m time puts him only fourth in the GB rankings, he is a proven performer at major championships.
He also impressed at last month’s European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal, where he doubled up to win the 100 and 200m. Read more here...
