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Bolt takes gun in his 200m opener

KINGSTON - Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will run his first 200m of the season in the Jamaica International Invitational on May 1, organisers said at the weekend.

KINGSTON - Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will run his first 200m of the season in the Jamaica International Invitational on May 1, organisers said at the weekend.

Bolt, the world record holder at 100m and 200m, will face a field that includes American world bronze medallist Wallace Spearmon.

Meanwhile, Struggling Russian Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, 27, said on Saturday that she will take an indefinite break from competition.

" I have come to the conclusion that a break from competing is absolutely necessary for me," she said in a statement released by her agent. - Reuters

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