Reuters: Sports News: Bolt "100 percent healthy": agent

Reuters: Sports News Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

Bolt "100 percent healthy": agent Jul 27th 2012, 12:00 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Bells peal across Britain as Games get under way 6:36am EDT All eyes on London and spectacular Games opening 5:30am EDT WRAPUP 4-Olympics-Greek athlete tests positive for Johnson drug Thu, Jul 26 2012 WRAPUP 4-Olympics-Games score own goal with N.Korea flag faux pas Wed, Jul 25 2012 Goddard itching to race "best ever" Phelps Wed, Jul 25 2012 Related Video 5:53am EDT Bolt says he is fit for fastest 100m ever Bolt to carry the Jamaican flag Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt gestures during a team news conference in east London, July 26, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Paul Hackett By Gene Cherry LONDON | Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:00am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt is fully fit for his historic bid for repeat golds in the 100 and 200 meters despite reports to the contrary, his agent said on Friday. "Usain is 100 percent healthy," Ricky Simms said in an email to Reuters. Bolt faced the media on Thursday, telling a packed news conference he had completely overcome his back and hamstring issues The biggest name in athletics also told Reuters in a separate interview arranged by the Jamaican Olympic Association: "I have no problem. The back is good so the hamstring is alright." However, the debate over his fitness was reignited when the BBC quoted Bolt on Thursday as saying "I think I am probably 95 percent fit but I am in great shape." A sluggish Bolt finished an uncharacteristic second to training partner and world 100m champion Yohan Blake in both the 100 and 200 meters at the Jamaican trials last month while suffering from a slight hamstring problem. "I wasn't 100 percent at the trials," Bolt told Reuters. "But when it comes to championships I always give 100 percent." Those who observed Bolt in training in Birmingham this week said there was no comparison between the way the 25-year-old looked at the Jamaican trials and now. "He looked like the old Usain," one person said. Bolt told Reuters he had spent much of his training camp working on his 200 meters. "Especially around the turn," he said. "We also did over distance (work) just to get that strength back up because I was slightly dying at the end of my 200s (in the trials)." Things are much better now. "We are definitely happy where it is," Bolt told Reuters on Thursday. (Reporting by Gene Cherry, editing by Ed Osmond) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions