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Bolt Ready for Crucial Test in LondonPublished by IAAF on July 23, 2015 Of the dozens of global champions gathering at London’s Olympic Stadium this weekend for the two-day IAAF Diamond League meeting, there’s little doubt which one will attract the most attention. Usain Bolt’s return to the scene of his triple Olympic triumph at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games has added a certain sparkle to the 28-event programme, and no doubt put a few extra thousand bums on the 60,000-plus seats in the reconfigured arena. Bolt’s appearance in the men’s 100m on Friday night (24) will be followed closely, not only by his legions of British-based fans, but by athletics watchers worldwide keen to judge whether the 28-year-old still has it in his giant legs to produce the form he’ll need to defend his titles at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing next month. Bolt’s withdrawal from recent IAAF Diamond League meetings in Paris and Lausanne with a pelvic injury followed his decision not to compete at the Jamaican Championships in June, so this will be his first competitive race since winning the New York 200m on 13 June, and his first 100m since running 10.12 in Rio de Janeiro on 19 April. Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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