News20 Apr 2010


Bolt to open 100m season in Daegu - IAAF World Challenge

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the line to win the gold medal in the men's 100 Men's 100m and sets another World Record in the process (© Getty Images)

Daegu, KoreaWorld and Olympic champion Usain Bolt’s first 100m race of the season will be on 19 May in Daegu, Korea, the host city of the 2011 IAAF World Championships.

Bolt, who holds the World Records over the 100m and 200m, has agreed to open his 100m season at the 6th Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting, an IAAF World Challenge meeting.

This will mark his first visit to Korea and his first race in Asia since his masterful exploits at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he rewrote three World Records in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m Relay.

At the IAAF World Championships in Berlin last year, Bolt again obliterated the field in the same events, with new World Records in the 100m (9.58) and the 200m (19.19).

“It is our immense privilege to have the world’s fastest man open his 100m season in Daegu,” said Dong-Hoo Moon, co-president of the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting. “He has tremendous support in Korea and everyone here is excited to see him run!”

The 100m meeting record of 9.94 was set by American Tyson Gay last September; Korean fans are already expecting the man known as ‘Lightning Bolt’ to set a new record this May.

After Daegu, Bolt will appear in his first IAAF Diamond League race in Shanghai, China, on 23 May.

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