CZECH REPUBLIC: ATHLETICS - Usain Bolt happy with his 100 metres performance in Ostrava

Record ID: 864082

  • Title: CZECH REPUBLIC: ATHLETICS - Usain Bolt happy with his 100 metres performance in Ostrava
  • Date: 18th June 2009
  • Summary: OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC (JUNE 17, 2009) (REUTERS) USAIN BOLT WALKING AT STADIUM FANS SCREAMING (SOUNDBITE) (English) USAIN BOLT SAYING: "It was a good race overall, I think I did pretty well, the win was illegal but it was a good race I am happy with myself." BOLT LISTENING TO QUESTION (REPORTER ASKING: Great time, maybe not even the best of starts which makes it even more phenomenal?) (SOUNDBITE) (English) USAIN BOLT SAYING: "Yes I think so. I got a really poor start. It was fast one this time and it caught me of guard. It is a part of life sometimes you get it sometimes you don't so i am feeling confident so I am good." BOLT LISTENING TO QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (English) USAIN BOLT SAYING: "That's going to make me a legend so I am working on it (smiles)." BOLT WAITING FOR ANOTHER QUESTION "The win? Sometimes you get it sometimes you don't I am ok with it." BOLT LISTENING TO QUESTION (REPORTER ASKING: What about celebration, the crowd seem to love you, you are having fun as always that's what people like about you?) (SOUNDBITE) (English) USAIN BOLT SAYING: "Yeah I am always going to be like this, I really enjoy track and field, I enjoy performing for the people they give me their love so I am just showing some love also." FANS CHEERING AND SCREAMING BOLT GIVING AUTOGRAPHS BOLT SURROUNDED BY MEDIA
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  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Usain Bolt says he is happy with his run as he clocks wind-assisted 9.77 over 100 metres in Ostrava.
    Triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt clocked a wind-assisted 9.77 seconds over 100 metres at the IAAF Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava on Wednesday (June 17).
    Bolt, who set a world record of 9.69 seconds in the Beijing final last year, was assisted by a following wind of 2.1 metres a second.
    "It was a good race overall, I think I did pretty well, the win was illegal but it was a good race I am happy with myself," said Jamaican sprinter.
    Bolt was slowest out of the blocks but stormed to victory. He finished more than a quarter of a second ahead of his closest pursuer Craig Pickering.
    "I got a really poor start. It was fast one this time and it caught me of guard. It is a part of life sometimes you get it sometimes you don't, so I am feeling confident so I am good," said the 22-year-old.
    Bolt was yet again stand-out performer and entertained the Czech crowd at the sold out Mestsky stadium.
    "Yeah I am always going to be like this, I really enjoy track and field, I enjoy performing for the people they give me their love so I am just showing some love also," the world's fastest man said.
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