Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake 1st 2nd 3rd in 100m

Posted by Yardie Luke on July 16, 2010 under Jamaica Sports | Comments are off for this article

Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt won the 100 meters at the Paris Diamond League meet in 9.84 seconds Friday, despite a poor start.

Bolt set a new meet record and beat fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell, who finished second in 9.91 sec and fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake who finished third in 9.95 sec.

“It wasn’t the best race I’ve ever had in my life,” said Bolt. “My first part was awful. At the 50 meters, I thought he had me. I had to work a little bit harder to get back in the race.”

The 100m and 200m world record holder had to wait ’till the final meters to pull away from Powell to remain unbeaten at 100m for 14 consecutive finals.

“It’s all about determination,” he said. “I want to be the best, to stay on top. When you run against the best, it always pushes you to do your best all the time. I’m happy, I escaped injuries and I won the race.”

Powell is the last man to have beaten Bolt in the 100m, two years ago in Stockholm.