M 200m
HE WAS the athlete the crowd came to see and Usain Bolt delivered with his expected victory. However, while his 19.89 200m was good and sent everyone home happy, he knows it won’t be good enough for victory in Rio and it wasn’t one of the best performances on a stunning opening night of athletics last Friday.
Last year at this meeting, Bolt won the 100m in 9.87 to signal his readiness for Beijing. This time he was running over the longer distance and getting back to competition after pulling out of the Jamaican Championships with a minor niggle. Had he been American of course, Bolt would not have qualified for Rio but, thankfully for the sport, the Jamaicans have a more forgiving system.
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Kendra Harrison sets world record and Laura
Muir breaks GB 1500m mark in London
24 WORLD UNDER-20 CHAMPS
Konrad Bukowiecki and Neeraj Chopra throw
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SPOTLIGHT
34 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
What happened to Maricica Puica, winner
of the Decker-Budd 1984 Olympic 3000m?
NEWS
42 Brits looking good for Olympics
46 Athlete alters holiday plans to go to Rio
48 Andy Baddeley not yet set to quit
PERFORMANCE
50 Sports science news
52 Athlete Insight – Rob Mullett
54 The psychological pressures for Rio athletes
56 Products – summer gear
TALKING POINT
38 World Junior representative Emily Dudgeon
on keeping a lid on the teen dropout rate
40 Mel Watman laments the IOC’s decision not
to ban Russia from the Rio Games
RESULTS & FIXTURES
58 Results round-up
76 England Champs & Inter-Counties preview
77 What’s On – fixtures guide
REGULARS
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82 DIP FINISH