The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
ATHLETICS
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah were victorious at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, last night.
World and Olympic champion Farah won the 10,000metres before Bolt sprinted to a narrow triumph in the 100m, clocking 10.06sec at the Mestsky Stadion.
Bolt recently suggested he would carry on competing after August’s IAAF world championships in London, but only for the remainder of this season.
The Jamaican was rusty from the start, but soon showed his trademark surge in the second half of the race to win from Cuba’s Yunier Perez. Perez finished in a personal best of 10.09sec.
“I’m not happy with the time,” said Bolt. “I’m just getting into my running. I have some training to do to get some good execution. I’ll be fine. No worries.”
Farah won the 10,000m in 27:12.09.
Kenya’s Mathew Kimeli led Farah as the pair reached the bell in 26:12.
The Briton responded down the back straight, kicking to overtake Kimeli and take a commanding lead on to the final bend.
He surged to the finish, with Kimeli second in 27:14.43.