Jamaica’s Olympic champion Usain Bolt said the possibility of losing a gold medal is “heartbreaking”.
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Bolt’s 4x100m Jamaica relay team-mate Nesta Carter has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance as part of a programme of re-testing for the 2008 Beijing Games.
As for the start Bolt said, “I nearly fell over”.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt shook off a “horrible start” to win the 100m at the Racers Grand Prix athletics meeting in 9.88sec, the second-fastest time in the world this year.
“If I have to give back my gold medal, I’ll have to give it back”.
Bolt beat Nickel Ashmeade and Yohan Blake, who both ran 9.94, while Asafa Powell also went sub-10 seconds with 9.98 for fourth.
Bolt ran 9.88 seconds at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston.
Bolt said afterward the race had not been his best but was still pleased with the eventual time.
“It means that I’m in very good nick”. “I came out here and just wanted to have a good run and I was really excited about that”.
Former world record holder Asafa Powell, who owns a wind-legal seasonal best of 10.01, is eager to take on Bolt, as he seeks to test himself against the world’s fastest man.
“I think I dragged my foot too hard so it kind of propelled me forward and then I just tried to correct myself, not try to panic and just make my way through”.
“The more I run, the smoother my running will become and the faster I’ll get”, he said.
Fraser-Pryce is expected to be tested by American 2011 world champion Carmelita Jeter, her compatriot and world indoor 60m gold medal victor Barbara Pierre, as well as Jamaicans Jura Levy, Samantha Henry-Robinson and Remone Burchell and Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Another American, David Oliver, clocked 13.09 to win the 110m hurdles ahead of Jamaican Deuce Carter.
