Reuters: Sports News: Bolt to run 200 meters in Paris Diamond League meeting

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Bolt to run 200 meters in Paris Diamond League meeting Feb 26th 2013, 12:57 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Bolt to race over 150 meters on Copacabana Beach Thu, Feb 21 2013 Now a basketball player? You must be Usain Sat, Feb 16 2013 Bolt beaten in season opener Sat, Feb 9 2013 Athletics-London event drops taxes to lure Bolt for July meet Thu, Feb 7 2013 Analysis & Opinion Skiing nostalgia In uncharted retirement, ex-Pope Benedict to live on at heart of Vatican Jamaica's sprinter Usain Bolt speaks during a news conference in Stockholm August 5, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Maja Suslin /scanpix PARIS | Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:57am EST PARIS (Reuters) - Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race over 200 meters at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 as part of his buildup for the Moscow world athletics championships in the following month. The Jamaican world-record holder will compete against France's European 100 meters champion Christophe Lemaitre in the final race of the evening. Lemaitre finished third in the 2011 Daegu world championships 200 meters which was won by Bolt. Bolt, 26, who became the only man to win the 100-200 meters double at successive Olympics during last year's London Games, will compete in a 150 meters race on Brazil's Copacabana beach on March 31. His only other confirmed race this year is over 200 meters at Oslo's Bislett Games on June 13. (Reporting by John Mehaffey; Editing by Clare Fallon) 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.

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