Usain Bolt withdraws from Jamaica’s Olympic qualifying trials

Jamaican sprinter and world record holder Usain Bolt withdrew from the Olympic qualifying trials on Friday due to a hamstring tear.

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt is out of Jamaica’s Olympic qualifying trials due to injury and will need to get a medical exemption from the country’s governing body for athletics to compete at the Olympics. The world record holder in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay has been battling a hamstring issue for much of 2016.

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He suffered a grade 1 hamstring tear on Friday. Jamaican athletes can get a medical exemption if they prove that an injury prevented them from competing at the Olympic trials. He dropped out following a victory (10.04) in the 100m semifinals. Yohan Blake went on to become the 100m national champion.

According to the Jamaica Gleaner, Bolt complained after the race that “athletes were carried out too early” to the track and that caused him to race “cold.”

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Bolt announced on Twitter that he hopes to compete at the London Anniversary Games on July 22. The Rio Olympics begin on Aug. 5. He was getting treatment immediately after the race, which is Jamaica’s equivalent of the Canadian track and field championships and Olympic trials July 7-10 in Edmonton.

Starting the recovery process right away.

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The 29-year-old is a six-time Olympic champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay and will look to make it a triple-triple in Rio if he can win all three events for the third consecutive edition of the Games.

Bolt has a 100m season best of 9.88, well off his world record of 9.58, which he set in Berlin at the 2009 world championships.

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