Saturday Paris Bolt V Powell

[Wahalla]

I think Bolt will retire if he loses unless he is sub 9.9.....


Bolt, Powell clash in Paris Saturday

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | 10:16 AM

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Usain Bolt (left) and Asafa Powell (file photo)
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After skipping out on last weekend’s JAAA National Senior Trials at the National Stadium, World Record holder Usain Bolt will be hoping for a much improved performance when he lines up against newly crowned national champion Asafa Powell in the 100m race at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
Bolt has had a disappointing season so far with a series of sub-par times and performances. He was expected to run the 100m last weekend but opted out as Powell went on to win in a season best of 9.84 seconds.
Nesta Carter, who missed out on a place in the men’s 100m at the IAAF World Championships in August, is also slated to compete in the 100m race at the Diamond League meeting as well as Americans Ryan Bailey and Mike Rodgers.

[Wahalla]

no he is not going to be running in Paris.. He isnt going to go to Beijing in my opinion..Bolt would not be match ready so to speak...This is an issue that has come up before... johnson in his film on bolt pointed out that his spine is slightly twisted and it causes an issue with the left leg... He has had to have extensive massages to ensure he can train....


PARIS (AP):
Slowed by an injured left leg, Usain Bolt withdrew yesterday from this month's Diamond League meetings in Paris and Lausanne, dealing a blow to his title defence preparations for the World Championships in August.
"I'm disappointed not to be able to compete in Paris and Lausanne," Bolt said in a statement on his website. "I love running at these meetings, but at the moment I am unable to compete at 100 per cent. I look forward to getting back into full training as soon as possible."
The statement said the 28-year-old "has been feeling discomfort in his left leg since his last competition, which has restricted his training".
Bolt's last race was a 200 metres in New York on June 13 that he described as "really bad". His time of 20.29 was more than a second off his world record of 19.19. He said then that he felt good physically and was bewildered why he ran what he called "probably one of the worst turns I've ever had in my entire life".
Bolt also was a no-show at the Jamaica trials last week where he had been expected to sharpen his sprinting form against the likes of Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake.
Bolt's agent, Ricky Simms, said then that the 100- and 200-metre world-record holder was never certain to run at the trials and suggested that Bolt's coach, Glen Mills, instead preferred him to train rather than race ahead of the Paris meet on Saturday and the Lausanne event on July 9.
Bolt's doctor in Munich, Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt, diagnosed a blocked joint "which is restricting his movement and putting pressure on his knee and ankle", the statement on Bolt's website said.
It said Bolt will spend the next couple of days in Munich getting treatment, "after which he will resume full training in his quest to defend his titles" in the 100 and 200 at the World Championships in Beijing.