The six-time Olympic gold medalist withdrew before Friday night’s 100m final at the Jamaican Olympic Track and Field Trials, citing a grade 1 hamstring tear (hamstring strains are classified grade 1-3, with grade 1 being mild and grade 3 being severe, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons).
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In the 2012 London Games, he set the 100 Olympic record of 9.63 and broke the world record in the 400 relay with a time of 36.84.
But the final was missing 100m victor Elaine Thompson and Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who submitted medical exemptions for toe and hamstring niggles respectively.
He however added that he hopes to show fitness at the upcoming London Anniversary Games on July 22.
Although Usain Bolt has said that he is focused on his recovery so that he can compete in the Rio Olympics, people are already starting to speculate what his absence could mean for the 100 meter and 200 meter events.
She’s dealt with back issues and the aftereffects of a auto crash that made them worse for several years, then had the hamstring issue pop up less than a month ago.
“I think it’s just the mystery in the air of the Olympics”. The news came about an hour later. Former world record holder Asafa Powell ran fourth in 10.03. I’m sure he’ll be fine for Rio. “I just needed the win”.
Kingston: Omar McLeod remains on course to become the first Jamaican to win Olympic 110 metres hurdles gold after the world indoor champion recovered from a sluggish start to retain his national title in a time of 13.01 on Saturday. But the world’s fastest man still has the opportunity to represent Jamaica in Rio.
Sinclair finished in 2 minutes, 1.11 seconds just ahead of the Olympic standard, though that was irrelevant since she’d beat that earlier this season anyway.
All parties interested in the Olympics will be hoping all is done to ensure the presence of one of the world’s highest paid athletes in Rio.
But if he is not 100 per cent fit for Rio, will the Jamaicans, who have a star-studded line of sprinters, take a semi-fit Bolt?
That day may have arrived.
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But if the meet needed a feel-good story, Sinclair had one to offer. A hobbled Felix ran the semifinals of the 400 meters on a bad ankle on Saturday because she knows she can not get a free pass.
