News28 Feb 2010


Bolt sizzles with sub-44 relay leg in Kingston

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Usain Bolt in the 4x100m at the Gibson Relays in Kingston (© TrackAlerts.com)

Double sprint World record holder Usain Bolt produced two stunning anchor leg runs, but came up short on one occasion at Saturday’s (27) Gibson Relays in Kingston.

The most impressive of the anchor leg runs came in the 4x400m Relay, which saw him getting the baton in fourth about some 20 metres behind. However, despite making up a lot of ground on the leaders, some of whom he passed, his 43.58 split was not enough as UTech held on for the victory in 3:05.33.

Bolt took his team across the line in 3:05.77 ahead of  the Jermaine Gonzales-led Racers Track Club (3:06.55).

Earlier, Bolt anchored his team to victory in the 4×100m. Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson and Kenroy Anderson were a part of the team with Bolt that ran 38.08 ahead of Racer’s B with Antigua’s Daniel Bailey.

Bolt at the time told journalists, “we just went out to have fun (in the 4×100m). We (Racers Track Club) had two teams in the final, so it wasn’t about proving anything. It was about fun.”

“The real race would be in the 4×400m where sprinters will square off with quarter-milers,” said Bolt, who holds the 100m and 200m World records at 9.58 and 19.19.

Meanwhile, UTech with Anneisha McLaughlin and Christine Day, two of Jamaica’s representatives at last year’s World Championships, ran 3:36.21 to beat MVP (3:44.46) in the women’s 4×400m.

Team Bickle USA, an all-star high school girls team from United States, stole the show in the High School section. They first won the 4×800m in a record 8:41.92 ahead of Edwin Allen (8:51.57) and returned to close the show by taking the 4×400m in 3:37.23 ahead of Manchester High (3:39.91).

Vere Technical won the boys’ 4×400m in 3:14.29 while Holmwood took the 4×800m in 7:45.55.

In the 4x100m, Manchester High girls took Class One in 45.52 and St. George’s College the boys’ section in 40.24.

Anthony Foster for the IAAF

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