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Bolt does it… again!

Jul 28, 2013 Sports

No stopping Usain, but Team GB lacklustre in relays…

Daily Mail – Usain Bolt completed another triumphant appearance at London’s Olympic Stadium as he led the Racers Track Club team to success in the 4×100 metres relay in the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.
The sprinter was one of the stars of last summer’s Olympics, collecting three gold medals, and he returned to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Friday night to charge to 100m success.

Usain Bolt led the Racers Track Club team to success in the 4×100 metres relay. (Getty Images)

Yesterday he added victory in the relay, running the last leg as he and team-mates Mario Forsythe, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Warren Weir streaked to victory.
The quartet recorded a time of 37.74 seconds with France finishing second and Canada third.
Great Britain’s first team, which included Dwayne Chambers and Adam Gemili, failed to get the baton around successfully, while the second quartet finished fifth, while Bolt talked up the inner belief required to win on a consistent basis.
‘For me personally I’m always just focused and it is all about how mentally strong you are,’ he said. ‘I go out there and I’m always positive when I’m in great shape so that is the key thing.
‘You can’t get carried away and you have to be aware and you still have to finish the race. Sometimes it might not be a world-class field and you still get beaten, so you have just got to be focused at all times.’
Bolt ran the last leg for the Racers Track Club team, which was made up of fellow Jamaicans Mario Forsythe, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Warren Weir, and was happy with their collective display.
‘It was good running with my team-mates especially the guys I see every day, so it was nice,’ Bolt said. ‘We haven’t run a lot of relays together, but just being around each other everyday we can understand each other and we know how fast we are personally, so it worked out really well.’
The 26-year-old Bolt, whose double success this weekend could prove to be his swansong at the Olympic Stadium if the tax laws which almost scuppered his appearance this time around are not relaxed, feels he has grown into a good leader for the team.
‘It depends on what the tax laws say and if they said it is okay I will be here next year,’ he said when questioned about future meets.
‘I think I’m getting older now so I’m the team leader. I try to keep them focused and give them my wisdom and stuff like that.’
Bolt could be back in Britain as early as next year for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but his thoughts at the moment have turned to the World Championships in Moscow next month.

Winners (left to right) Mario Forsythe, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir (PA)

He said: ‘I would love to go to the Commonwealth Games but we will see. It will be determined by what the coach says.
‘We have two weeks to go [until the World Championships] and a little bit of work to do.
‘It will be a little bit different and we are looking forward to it. We are sure we can do better.’
Britain’s latest baton error came on the change between Adam Gemili and James Ellington as it was understood that the team had planned to push their handovers to the limit in preparation for Moscow.
Gemili was also at fault as Britain did not progress through the heats at the Olympics last summer, when he set off too early and was out of his box before Danny Talbot could complete the handover.
Dwain Chambers, who was on the team on both occasions, has said he will talk to Gemili about the error after the teenager was drafted into the line-up at late notice to replace the injured James Dasaolu.
‘It is a tough occasion,’ Chambers said. ‘This is almost the equivalent of the Olympic Games all over again and whatever issues there are we just have to try and review them and improve. I will speak to Adam and try and console him as best I can.
‘It’s a team effort and its about what we think on an individual basis. We have to pull together and just work and build from it.
‘We’ve got a great team, we’ve been training really well and we’ve had fantastic relay performances throughout the summer. It’s just unfortunate on this occasion we didn’t get it round.’
Gemili, who won the men’s 100m B-race Friday evening and will run in the 200m in Moscow, was left despondent but is hopeful of improving at the World Championships.
‘Its disappointing,’ he said. ‘We’re in good shape to do something good today and unfortunately it didn’t click. ‘Let’s go back to the drawing board, reset and push on to Moscow.’

Pic – Winners (left to right): Mario Forsythe, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir. (PA)

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