ExxonMobil Bislett Games cherish witnessing Usain Bolt – Samsung Diamond League
The excitement in Norway’s capital, Oslo, is rather great as the two-time world and Olympic champion, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt will appear in the first 200m meet at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, which is the fifth stop of the Samsung Diamond League series, in
over a year’s time.
Addressing a press conference at the Oslo City Hall, the stellar performer set the record straight for the media about him rejoining the moderate start of this summer season.
The interesting point about tomorrow’s run is that amid having already performed well in the Rome Samsung Diamond League which observed a victory in 100m contest, followed by an equally impeccable performance at the IAAF World Challenge in Ostrava for marking
a tremendous 9.91 seconds, expectations from Friday’s meet are high. Keeping in view his potential, which had been rather impressive at 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds for 100m and 200m meets, satisfaction at the time clocked 9.91 seconds is hard to come by.
During the conference, Bolt, who was rather ready to face journalists loaded with a lot of queries about his past performances and his form for the present contest, went on a bit offensive. Encountering the criticism, the young Jamaican star said, “It’s
almost a year since I last ran. If I lose every race up to the World Championships it doesn’t matter to me. I need to get my speed and technique together. It doesn’t matter what people are saying, because I am focused on the world championships.”
He claimed that he was rather unmoved about what people had been talking about him and that all he was concerned was his preparation and performance at the World Championships.
Appearing at Bislett, what Bolt will look forward to dwell upon is the 200m run. However, whether he will be able to display his traditional performance is yet to be seen as the formidable runner has not been able to appear in any of the contest since his
victory at the Samsung Diamond League meet held in Shanghai, in May, 2010.
Given such conditions, a formidable threat Bolt expects is from in-form runners like America’s track and field sprinter Tyson g*y, who clocked 9.79 seconds while taking part in Sunday’s minor meet, along with Steve Mullings, the 100m and 200m specialist
from Jamaica.
When asked about a strong field that was ready to hinder the world record holder’s way from bagging the title, Bold said, “as far as I am concerned I need to get in shape as quickly as possible. Everyone else is putting their foot down because this is world
championships year. After I’ve raced here I need to go home and really work hard. But I think it’s good that everyone has stepped up.”
He said that he was putting in toiling efforts to race these athletes while making use of his best capabilities on the field.
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