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SPORTS Saturday 22 July 2017

ROYAL

RAIN

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt
competes in the men’s 100m
race at the IAAF Diamond
League Athletics meeting
at the Louis II Stadium in
Monaco, Friday, July 21, 2017.
Associated Press

Ussain Bolt
wins 100m
in his last

Diamond
League race

MONACO (AP) — In the last
Diamond League race of
his glittering career, Usain
Bolt held on to win the 100
meters at the Herculis track
meet on Friday. The eight-
time Olympic champion
was under pressure from
Isiah Young of the United
States in the last 30 meters
but used his famed finish
to win in 9.95 seconds at
Stade Louis II in Monaco.
Young clocked 9.98. Akani
Simbine of South Africa
was third in 10.02. Bolt is
retiring after the world
championships in London
next month. Last month, he
won at the Golden Spike
in Ostrava, Czech Repub-
lic, in 10.06 after a slow Jordan Spieth takes
start. He got away better
this time, but was made to charge with two-shot lead
work hard by Young.
“It’s always good to get
a win. My time is going
down at the right time,” Jordan Spieth of the United States watches his shot on the
the Jamaican said, look- 10th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf
ing ahead to the worlds. Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England Friday,
“Everything is coming to- July 21, 2017.
gether.” Associated Press
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