Bolt will not seek world champs' 100m wild card - Reuters

Published by RunnerSpace.com/Pro - Sep 12 2012, 01:25 PM

Bolt will not seek world champs' 100m wild card

Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:24pm EDT

By Kayon Raynor 

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Usain Bolt will not seek a wild card entry in the 100 meters at next year's world championships, hoping instead to secure a spot via the Jamaican trials, the six-time Olympic gold medalist said on Tuesday.

The triple world record holder said he would defer the wild card honor for the Moscow event to defending world 100m champion and training partner Yohan Blake.

Both the 2012 Diamond League 100m winner (Bolt) and the reigning world champi

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