Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt
set a new best time of 9.98sec for the rarely run
100m indoors at Warsaw’s national football stadium
on Saturday.
The Olympic champion and world record holder
(9.58s) eclipsed the previous best mark for the
distance of 10.05 set by Namibian Frankie
Fredericks in 1996.
The Warsaw stadium had its roof closed for the
event.
Bolt, in action as preparation for Zurich’s Diamond
League meeting next week, said: “Above all I
wanted to get through this season without any
injury as I’ve suffered enough over the past few
years.
“Over the next meetings starting with Zurich I’m
hoping to run ever quicker.”
Bolt received various gifts after his win over his
compatriot Sheldon Mitchell and American Trell
Kimmons, among them pictures of his 28th birthday
celebrations in Warsaw on Thursday.
Bolt had only run his first 100m of the year in an
exhibition race on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana
beach on August 17 in a time of 10.6sec.
His last competitive individual appearance at the
100m came in Brussels last year while at last
month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow he was
part of the victorious Jamaican 4x100m relay team.
Bolt will compete in his final Olympics in Rio in 2016
before calling time on his career in 2017 after the
world championships.
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