SIX-TIME Olympic champion Usain Bolt dipped below 10 seconds to win the 100m in 9.87 at the Anniversary Games.The Jamaican, who has been struggling for form and fitness, won both his heat and the final in the same time in wet conditions at the Olympic Stadium.
“I really wanted to run faster,” said Bolt, 28, who defends his world title next month. “But it’s getting there.”
Bolt’s performances were season’s bests and equal sixth-fastest times of the year over the distance.
Bolt had only raced once over 100m in 2015 before yesterday – 10.12 seconds in April.
Competing on the track where he won three gold medals at London 2012, Bolt started poorly in the final but overpowered his rivals in the last 10 metres.
America’s Michael Rodgers was 0.03secs behind in second, while Bolt’s compatriot Kemar Bailey-Cole was third in a personal best 9.92.
Meanwhile, Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah received a great reception as he won the 3 000m.