Usain Bolt returned to the site of his last Olympic triumph, winning the 100 meters at the Anniversary Games on Friday in his best time this season after recovering from a slow start.
The world’s fastest man failed to leave the blocks promptly but powered through the field at the Diamond league meet. He finished in 9.85 seconds at the stadium where he won three gold medals at last year’s london Games. Bolt is looking to do even better at the athletics world championships in Moscow next month. “It (the start) was horrifying for me,” he said.
“I think it is just race rust and I just need to get a few races in. The rounds in the world championships will help that and get my legs freer and a bit lighter. Hopefully the coach will figure out what I need to do to get me more explosive out of the blocks, I guess. The standout performance of the night was by high jumper Bohdan Bondarenko, who threatened the 20-year world record set by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba. Despite failing at his only attempt to clear 2.43 meters, Bondarenko asked for the bar to be raised to 2.47.