USAIN Bolt again failed to impress but still claimed a 100 metres victory in 9.91 seconds in his second outing of the season at the 50th Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava.
As he was at the Rome Diamond League meeting six days ago, the three-time world and Olympic champion was slow out of the blocks and had to chase down fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings.
Bolt clocked the same time in the Italian capital when he edged out Asafa Powell in the closing strides.
This performance will raise further doubts over the double world record holder’s fitness ahead of the August’s World Championships, especially because the track appeared a quick one.
Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 100m in 10.76s, comfortably the fastest time in the world this year.
Triple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius hopes of qualifying for the World Championships this summer did not improve as he could only clock 46.19 to finish sixth in the 400m.
The double amputee sprinter is chasing the ‘A’ qualifying standard of 45.25 for the World Championships in Daegu and next year’s Olympics.
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