Usain Bolt to Run 200m at Athletissima Diamond League

Usain Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100m and 200m, will race the 200 meters for the fourth time in Lausanne. He holds the meeting record of 19.58 seconds, set in 2012.

File photo of Usain Bolt.© AFP

Lausanne:

Sprint legend Usain Bolt, the Olympic and World Champion, is set to run the 200 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting here on July 9.

It will be the Jamaican's second big race of the summer, with the six-time Olympic champion also down to line-up in the 100 meters at the Areva meeting in Paris five days earlier.

Bolt has yet to finalise the remainder of his summer programme before the world championships in Beijing from August 22 to 30.

The world-record holder in the 100m and 200m, will race the 200 meters for the fourth time in Lausanne. He holds the meeting record of 19.58 seconds, set in 2012.

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