Jamaica’s Usain Bolt to run in Shanghai
Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 1:25 PM
Jamaica’s triple Olympic and World Championships gold medallist Usain Bolt will compete at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meet in Shanghai next month.
The meet will be the second stop of the 14-meet Diamond League circuit, following the opening event in Doha, Qatar.
The Diamond League circuit begins on May 14 in Doha, with the one-day event at the Shanghai Stadium on May 23.
Bolt, the world record holder at 100 and 200, will also run at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels, Belgium, in August, and at the meet in Paris in July.
The Diamond League, which replaced the six-city Golden League, offers $6.63 million in total prize money across 32 track and field disciplines, each staged seven times over the series.
A four-carat diamond will be presented to the season-ending points leader in each event.