Bolt to run his first 200m of season in May

Kingston: Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will run his first 200 metres of the season in the Jamaica International Invitational on May 1, organisers said on Friday.

Bolt, the world record holder at 100 and 200, will face a field that includes American world bronze medallist Wallace Spearmon. The meeting has also attracted Jamaica`s Olympic 200 winner Veronica Campbell Brown and US world 400 champion Sanya Richards. They are scheduled to run in the women`s 200. Jamaica`s Asafa Powell, the former 100 world record holder, will not compete, organisers said.Bureau Report