Bolt expects to maintain supremacy

Jul 14, 2010 |

Brussles, July 13: Usain Bolt expects to beat the year’s fastest time for the 100 metres when he faces Jamaican rival Asafa Powell in Paris on Friday.

Bolt clocked 9.82 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 8, in Daegu, South Korea, in May.

Bolt set a Stade de France record last year, clocking 9.79 seconds in cool weather and a slight, but steady rain. His world record, set at the Berlin world championships last year, is 9.58 seconds.

“My aim in life is to be a legend,” Bolt said. “I don’t see myself as a legend now. If I did, I would have nothing to look forward to.”

Bolt said he was not expecting to have everything his own way, however, from a field that includes compatriots Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake, and up-and-coming French sprinter Christian Lemaitre who set a new French record of 9.98sec on the weekend.

“Conditions should be good on Friday, and when the competition is keen and Asafa is coming, you know it's going to be fast,” he said.

“The field is hard: there’s Powell, Blake, Lemaitre... a lot of guys will go under 10 seconds.”

“It’ll be my first time competing with Asafa this season so it should be interesting. He’s in great shape this season. I’m looking forward to it. I don’t want to be beaten this season.”

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