Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt (C) leaps ahead of Brazil’s Bruno de Barros (L) and Ecuador’s Alex Quinonez to win the “Mano a Mano Men’s 150 metres” challenge on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, March 31, 2013. (REUTERS/Sergio Moraes) CLICK HERE to watch the race Usain Bolt won his first sprint of the […]

March 19 (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at Rome’s Golden Gala meeting on June 6, organizers said on Tuesday. The Jamaican world record holder has already announced appearances in the 200 at Oslo’s Bislett Games on June 13 and at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 […]

PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race over 200 meters at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 as part of his buildup for the Moscow world athletics championships in the following month. The Jamaican world-record holder will compete against France’s European 100 meters champion Christophe Lemaitre in the […]

By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt was beaten in his first race of the 2013 season on Saturday, finishing third in a low-key 400 metre event in his hometown of Kingston. The triple gold medallist from both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics easily won his […]

Jan 23 (Reuters) – Triple London Olympic champion Usain Bolt is injury free and eyeing three gold medals at this year’s world championships in Moscow in August. As part of his preparations, the Jamaican 100 and 200 meters world record holder will run the longer sprint at the Bislett Games Diamond League meeting in Oslo […]

(Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports) Oct 8 (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has set his sights on defending his three titles at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro rather than switching to another event, the six-times gold medalist said on Monday. The 26-year-old Jamaican said his coach would like him to take up […]

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt poses with supporters after he won the men’s 200m race during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich, August 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Michael Buholzer) By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica Sept 11 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will not seek a wild card entry in the 100 meters at next year’s world championships, hoping instead […]

Aries Merritt of the U.S. competes in the men’s 110m hurdles event at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, also known as Memorial Van Damme in Brussels September 7, 2012. Merritt sets a new world record of 12.80 seconds (REUTERS/Laurent Dubrule) By Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Aries Merritt of the […]

Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman (C) celebrates as he won the men’s 800m race in front of David Rudisha of Kenya (R) during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich, August 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich) By Brian Homewood ZURICH, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Olympic 800 meters champion David Rudisha suffered a shock defeat at the Weltklasse diamond […]

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (C) celebrates after winning ahead of his compatriot Warren Weir (R) and Netherlands’ Churandy Martina in the men’s 200m race during the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne August 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse) LAUSANNE, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 19.58 seconds for victory in the 200 metres at […]

Usain Bolt (JAM) holds his shoes up after winning the gold in the men’s 4x100m relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) Aug 22 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years’ time, opening up the possibility of more sprint […]

Usain Bolt (JAM), Yohan Blake (JAM), Michael Frater (JAM) and Nesto Carter (JAM) pose with their new world record after winning the gold in the men’s 4x100m relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) By Alison Wildey LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt ended his London […]

Kenya’s David Lekuta Rudisha celebrates his win in the men’s 800-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Rudisha set a new world record with a time of 1:40.91. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) By Nick Mulvenney LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – David Rudisha lit up […]

Usain Bolt (JAM) and Wallace Spearmon (USA) react after competing in the men’s 200m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) By Justin Palmer LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Jamaican Usain Bolt etched his name deeper into Olympic folklore by completing an unprecedented sprint double in successive Games […]

Usain Bolt (JAM) in lane seven enroute to winning the men’s 100m final during the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. From left, Usain Bolt (JAM), Justin Gatlin (USA), Yohan Blake (JAM) By Mitch Phillips LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt achieved his aim of becoming a sporting legend on Sunday as he […]

Usain Bolt (JAM), middle, competes in the men’s 100m heats during the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) By Nick Mulvenney LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt eased into the 100 meters semi-finals on Saturday but was served notice that he would have to be at his best to […]

Jamaica athlete Usain Bolt during a press conference at the 2012 London Olympics. During the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Usain Bolt won gold medals with world record runs in the 100 and 200. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) By Neil Maidment LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt could lower his 100 meters world […]

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt laughs (L) with teammate Asafa Powell during a team news conference in east London, July 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Paul Hackett) By Nick Mulvenney LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt says he is fit and ready for the London Olympics and is convinced his defense of the 100 meters title could trigger […]

Nesta Carter (L), Michael Frater (2nd L), Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt (R) of Jamaica celebrate winning their men’s 4×100 meters relay final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu in this September 4, 2011 file photo. Jamaica set a new world record with a time of 37.04 seconds. Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, […]

Jamaica’s Yohan Blake (R) and his compatriot Michael Frater compete in the men’s 100 meters event at the athletics meeting in Luzern, July 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann) LUCERNE, Switzerland, July 17 (Reuters) – World 100 meters champion Yohan Blake showed he was in good heart to challenge compatriot Usain Bolt for Olympic sprint dominance in […]

Yohan Blake (L) and Usain Bolt (front R) cross the finish line during their men’s 100 meters final event at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston city, in this file photo taken June 29, 2012. The men’s 100 meters is the jewel in the Olympic crown and Yohan Blake’s surprise humanization of Usain Bolt has […]

World-record holder Usain Bolt gets his right hamstring stretched out after loosing to fellow country man Yohan Blake in the 200m final at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, July 1, 2012. Blake edged Bolt by 0.03 finishing in 19.80 seconds. (AP Photo/Collin Reid) PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt has […]

Sprinter Yohan Blake, far right, crosses the finish line ahead of world-record holder Usain Bolt, second from left, Nickel Ashmeade, center, Warren Weir, left, and Jason Young to win the 200m final at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, July 1, 2012. Blake edged Bolt by 0.03 finishing in 19.80 seconds. (AP Photo/Collin Reid) […]

Usain Bolt (C) runs during the men’s 200 meters semi-final at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston city, June 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado) By Steve Keating KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 30 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake sauntered through their 200 meters semi-finals on Saturday to set up another rematch and an explosive finish to […]

World champion Yohan Blake, left, celebrates after crossing the finish line ahead of current world-record holder Usain Bolt, second from right, Nesta Carter, right, and Michael Frater to win the 100m final at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, June 29, 2012. Blake pulled a stunner finishing in 9.75 seconds to upset Bolt by […]

Former world record holder Asafa Powell speaks with reporters after placing second in a 100m quarterfinal heat of the Jamaica’s Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Collin Reid) By Steve Keating KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 29 (Reuters) – Asafa Powell clocked the fastest time in the 100 meters semi-finals at the Jamaican […]

World record holder Usain Bolt, left, runs ahead of countrymen, from right, Mario Forsythe, Jacques Harvey and Kimmari Roach to win the 100m quarterfinal heat of the Jamaica’s Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Collin Reid) By Steve Keating KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 28 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa […]

Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrate victory and a new world record in the men’s 4×100 meters relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) By Steve Keating KINGSTON, June 27 (Reuters) – Usain […]

Asafa Powell of Jamaica moves away from team mate Usain Bolt on his way to victory in the Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final at the National Stadium on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images) By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon, June […]

Justin Gatlin (USA) celebrates his win in the men’s 100m at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field. (Scott Olmos-US PRESSWIRE) By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon, June 22 (Reuters) – At the ripe old age of 30, Justin Gatlin feels like a kid again. The darkness of a four-year doping suspension has faded and sprinting […]

By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, June 10 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s 100 meters world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt was involved in a car accident near his home on Sunday but escaped without injury, his publicist said. Reports said the 25-year-old triple Olympic gold medalist, who will be the focus of world attention when the […]

(L-R) Yohan Blake, Michael Frater and Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrate victory and a new world record in the men’s 4×100 meters relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) By Larry Fine NEW YORK, June […]

Usain Bolt (L) and Asafa Powell of Jamaica celebrate after Bolt won the men’s 100m at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at Bislett Stadium in Oslo June 7, 2012. Powell came in second. (REUTERS/Heiko Junge/Scanpix) By Victoria Klesty OSLO, June 7 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s world record holder Usain Bolt blamed a new type of […]

Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt (L) and Asafa Powell attend a news conference at the British Embassy in Oslo June 6, 2012, a day before the Diamond League athletics meeting at Bislett Stadium. (REUTERS/Terje Bendiksby/NTB Scanpix) Courtesy of Samsung Diamond League The path to success? “Run faster than the other!” It is THE event of this […]

Usain Bolt (L) of Jamaica competes in the men’s 100 meters event at the Golden Gala IAAF Diamond League at the Olympic stadium in Rome, May 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) ROME, May 31 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season’s best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Rome Golden […]

Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica performs as DJ during a promotion session for German sports textiles brand Puma on November 17, 2010 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images For Puma) By Victoria Bryan and Keith Weir LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) – German sportswear company Puma is banking more on soccer than Usain Bolt […]

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wears his shoes during a training session at the Foro Italico stadium in Rome, May 29, 2012. The real Usain Bolt will make a return appearance at Rome’s Diamond League meeting on Thursday, according to the Jamaican sprinter who got tongues wagging last week when he failed to break 10 seconds […]

Nery Brenes (L) of Costa Rica, LaShawn Merritt (C) of the U.S. and Oscar Pistorius of South Africa compete during men’s 400 meters event at the Golden Spike International track and field meeting in Ostrava May 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Petr Josek) By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, May 25 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt labored to victory in the […]

Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica competes next to his compatriot Lerone Clarke (L) and Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the 100 meters men’s race at the IAAF World Challenge Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, May 25, 2012. (REUTERS/David W Cerny) PRAGUE, May 25 (Reuters) – Jamaican world record holder Usain Bolt […]

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses for a picture with children in Ostrava May 23, 2012. Bolt will be competing in the 100 meters event at the IAAF World Challenge Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on Friday. (REUTERS/David W Cerny) PRAGUE, May 22 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt hopes to clock 9.7 seconds in the 100 […]

By Kayon Rayor KINGSTON, May 5 (Reuters) – Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year’s fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday. The 100 and 200 world record holder clocked a dazzling 9.82 seconds in his first individual race of […]