Usain Bolt Survives Scare With Olympics Only 50 Days Away

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell sent the Olympic 100m Champion, Usain Bolt, a distinct warning at the Diamond League meet in Oslo. Powell led for the most of the race, with Bolt seizing the lead with 10 metres remaining to record a win in 9.79 seconds. He was three hundredths of a second off his season€™s best, but still broke Bislett Stadium€™s 100m record. Despite losing to Bolt for the eleventh time in his career; Powell ran a season best of 9.85 seconds and may gain confidence knowing that he bettered Bolt for 90 metres with London only 50 days away. Powell has only beaten Bolt once in his career, and is just one of the stars looking to take the 100m crown. Fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake ran 9.84 last month; while American trio €“ Walter Dix, Tyson Gay and 2004 champion Justin Gatlin €“ will also be targeting gold. They might be encouraged by Bolt€™s inconsistent start to the season. He ran the worst race of his career in Ostrava two weeks ago. Despite winning, he clocked in at 10.04, but brushed it off as a €œbad day€ after achieving his season best in Rome days later. Bolt is also having starting issues and last night told reporters €œI will now go back to Jamaica, work on a few things and run at the trials. Especially I need to work on my start€. He also complained that he is €œnot comfortable€ with the new starting blocks used at Diamond League events. At the Beijing Olympics he captured three gold medals, and has promised to €œwow€ the world in London. That could mean he plans to break his 100m and 200m world records. If the bookies are any kind of an indicator, then there€™s a good chance. William Hill is offering odds of 7/2 for him to break at least one world record, and 10/3 to shatter two.