Bolt captures Paris 100M

He seemed to struggle coming out of the blocks but not even a bad start can seem to hamper the Bolt of Lightening.

Usain Bolt turned on the jets down the track to pull out a win out of seemingly nothing in inclement weather. Running a mete record 9.79s, Bolt led an impressive array of Caribbean athletes across the finish line with Daniel Bailey from Anitgua, Yohan Blake from Jamaica and Richard Thompson of Trinidad finishing in that order. Here are the race results:

 

1      BOLT      Usain      JAM      9.79 MR      0.174
2     BAILEY     Daniel     ANT     9.91 NR     0.171
3     BLAKE     Yohan     JAM     9.93 PB     0.163
4     THOMPSON     Richard     TRI     10.04      0.120
5     WILLIAMS     Ivory     USA     10.07      0.139
6     WILLIAMSON     Simeon     GBR     10.14      0.165
7     MARTINA     Churandy     AHO     10.17      0.173
8     COLLINS     Kim     SKN     10.22      0.196
9     MBANDJOCK     Martial     FRA     10.30      0.168

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