Bolt strikes again
05/09/2008 21:01  - (SA)  

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Gay pulls out of showdown Bolt targets 100 record again Powell clocks 9.72 in 100m

Brussels - Olympic gold medal star Usain Bolt battled the cold and a headwind and was forced to come from behind to beat Asafa Powell in 9.77 seconds in a season farewell 100m at the Van Damme Memorial.

Running into 1.3 metre-per-second headwind, the Olympic champion had a bad start and immediately saw Powell shoot ahead of him.

In Bolt's last race of the season, however, nothing was going to stop the world record holder from spoiling his farewell party in Europe.

Halfway through he pulled level with Powell and then his huge stride took over, finishing just .08 seconds off the world record he set at the Beijing Games.

Powell, the only runner to have beaten Bolt this season, finished second in 9.83 and Nesha Carter made it a Jamaican sweep in 10.07.

- AP

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