May 9 (Reuters) – Jamaican world champion Yohan Blake missed
the fastest 100 metres of the year by the blink of an eye on
Wednesday, his 9.84 seconds a mere 0.02 behind world record
holder and training partner Usain Bolt’s mark.
Countryman Michael Frater was a distant second in 10.05
while Trinidad and Tobago’s Keston Bledman took third in 10.06
at the Cayman Invitational in George Town, Cayman Islands. Bolt
set the year’s fastest time at the weekend in Kingston.
U.S. world champion Carmelita Jeter was an easy winner in
the women’s 100, clocking 11.04, while Canadian world silver
medallist Dylan Armstrong heaved the shot 21.15m and American
Ginnie Crawford topped the women’s 100 hurdles in 12.66.
(Reporting By Gene Cherry in Raleigh North Carolina; Editing by
Peter Rutherford)
