US sprinter Justin Gatlin beat six-time Olympic
champion Usain Bolt in the men's 100 metres
race at the Rome Golden Gala, Diamond
League, which took place yesterday. Justin beat
Usain by one-hundredth of a second, that's
like 1% of a second. Justin actually had to dip
his head over the line to win in 9.94 seconds.
Usain came in 9.95.
Usain was making his first appearance in the
Diamond League this season since his recent
recovery from a hamstring injury. Usain
explained what happened to him:
"I got the perfect start that I wanted, then
about five steps in I stumbled a bit and
that kind of threw my game off. My legs
didn't feel like my legs coming into the
straight. I guess I need to do more
strength work. I think I just need time to
get it back together but the fact I got a
good start threw me off. At least I got
under 10 seconds.
"It is always a good thing to lose. You can
figure how to step it up. I knew I wasn't in
great shape but I'm not worried. It takes
time to get back into shape and I didn't
expect much from this race."
Usain's next race will be in the men's 200m in
next Thursday's Diamond League meeting in
Oslo.
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