KINGSTON, Jamaica — Usain Bolt is among 29 London 2012 Olympic Games medallists, including 12 champions and four world record-holders, who have so far, been confirmed for the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London, the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, on July 26 and 27.
The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) says Bolt will compete in the 100m on Friday evening and in the 4x100m on Saturday afternoon in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a meeting being staged one year on from the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games.He will compete at the IAAF Diamond League in London for the first time since 2009, in the last major meeting before IAAF World Championships in Moscow, which will be held between August 10 and 18.Bolt says he is excited by the prospect of returning to the stadium where he won three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m Relay, the latter event seeing Jamaica break the world record.“I’m looking forward to coming back to the UK, especially with it being a year since winning three gold medals in the Olympic Stadium. The crowd was amazing at the Games, and I hope they will be out again in their numbers at the end of July.“I haven’t competed at the London Diamond League since 2009 but it has always been a great meet with lots of Jamaican support; it almost feels like running at home.”The IAAF also announced that St Kitts’ 2003 World champion Kim Collins, will run against Bolt in the 100M. Despite being 11 years older than Bolt, Collins is determined to prove that he can still mix it with the best sprinters in the world after having missed out on the Olympics.“My story from London was well documented and to have the opportunity a year on to run in the stadium is something that I’m really grateful for. The support I get from the British crowds every year is incredible and I’m looking forward to hearing that roar when I come out on to the track in July. This is my Olympic final, and I’m going to take full advantage of the occasion and show that, even at 37, I’m still a force to be reckoned with,” Collins said.In what promises to be one of the most highly anticipated events of the weekend, Australia’s World and Olympic 100m Hurdles champion Sally Pearson will face a field which includes the US pair of 2011 World Championships silver medallist Danielle Carruthers, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Kellie Wells and Great Britain’s Olympic Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis.The men’s 110m Hurdles is also set to be a mouth-watering encounter as the USA’s Aries Merritt, the Olympic champion and World record-holder, goes head-to-head with the two men who finished directly behind him in London: USA’s 2011 World champion Jason Richardson and Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment.American 2012 Olympic gold medallist Sanya Richards-Ross headlines the women’s 400m as she continues her rivalry with her predecessor as Olympic Champion, 2012 silver medallist and local London hero Christine Ohuruogu.Great Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah will run in the 3000m while Farah’s training partner, Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Galen Rupp, will join fellow US athlete and Olympic 1500m silver medallist Leo Manzano in the historic Emsley Carr Mile. US sprinter Carmelita Jeter, the second-fastest woman ever in the 100m, will star in the women’s 100m after winning 4x100m gold, 100m silver and 200m bronze in last summer’s Games.HOUSE RULES
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Bolt among 29 Olympians for London Diamond League
