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Jamaica's Bolt will not seek world champs' 100m wild card
Bolt, the world 200m champion, said he would let the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) decide who receives the nation's world championship wild card for the 200
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 12 - 09 - 2012

Usain Bolt will not seek a wild card entry in the 100 metres at next year's world championships, hoping instead to secure a spot via the Jamaican trials, the six-time Olympic gold medallist said on Tuesday.
The triple world record holder said he would defer the wild card honour 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 champion (Blake) are eligible for wild card entry consideration under new International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rules.
But the global governing body will allow only one wild card per country per event.
"I think Blake has earned his right to compete in the 100 metres by winning the title at the last world championship," Bolt, who won three gold medals at the London Olympics, told Reuters at a news conference on his return to the island nation from Europe.
"I was always going to run the 100" at Jamaica's world championship trials next summer, said the 13-times Olympic and world medallist who accumulated the most points for 100m runners in this summer's Diamond League series.
Bolt, the world 200m champion, said he would let the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) decide who receives the nation's world championship wild card for the 200.
Both he and Diamond League winner Nickel Ashmeade are eligible for a free entry without having to compete in the event at their national trials.
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