Usain Bolt set for adidas Grand Prix on June 13!

Usain Bolt, Rome 2012, photo by PhotoRun.net

Usain Bolt is running in the Big Apple on June 13! The last time Usain ran in NYC was in 2008, and after a thunderstorm, broke the 100 meter World Record.

The adidas Grand Prix NYC is one of only two Diamond League meetings in North America (the other, is the Nike Pre Classic).

This meet should be a lot of fun. Last year, the high jump duel between Bohdan Bondarenko and Mutaz Barshim was one of the most exciting battles in our sport.

Great to see Usain Bolt racing in North America.

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Usain Bolt Set for adidas Grand Prix on June 13

Will Compete in NYC for First Time Since His Stunning 100m WR in 2008

NEW YORK CITY (March 25, 2015)–Usain Bolt will compete in New York City for the first
time since 2008 when he returns to the adidas Grand Prix on June 13, organizers announced
today.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for Bolt, who set his first World Record in winning the 100
meters in 9.72 seconds at Icahn Stadium on May 31, 2008. His 100-meter World Record now
stands at 9.58 seconds, while his 200-meter mark is 19.19. Bolt has competed in the United
States only once since that night, when he anchored a Jamaican 4×100-meter team at the 2010
Penn Relays.

Tickets for the Diamond League event, which is marking its 11th year of bringing the world’s
top athletes to New York City, are on sale now at www.adidasgrandprix.com or by calling 1-877-
849-8722.

Since that electric night at Icahn Stadium seven years ago, the 28-year-old Jamaican has won six
Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships titles, broken seven more world records,
and become one of the most famous people on the planet.

“No one could ever forget their first World Record, and I will never forget the crowd in New
York that night,” said Bolt. “They had to wait for an hour during a thunderstorm delay before our
race, and I don’t think a single person left the stadium. They deserved a great performance, and
I’m glad I was able to give it to them. I’m looking forward to running in New York again.”

Already the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting (at 100 meters, 200 meters,
and the 4×100-meter relay in both 2008 and 2012), Bolt hopes to add to that legacy at the 2016
Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He recently announced his plans to retire after the 2017 IAAF
World Championships in London.

One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix has hosted two
World Records and 17 National Records in its first 10 years, and its fans have had the privilege of witnessing more than a dozen performances that were the fastest ever recorded on U.S. soil.
Bolt’s 2008 performance qualifies in all three categories.

The seventh stop on the international IAAF Diamond League circuit, the adidas Grand Prix is
in its 11th year at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, in conjunction with the Randall’s Island
Sports Alliance. The latest news, photos and information on the event can be found at www.
adidasgrandprix.com and here on Facebook and Twitter, @adidasgrandprix, #AGPNYC.

About the adidas Group

The adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a broad portfolio of footwear, apparel
and hardware for sport and lifestyle around the core brands adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Reebok-CCM Hockey.
Headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany, the Group generated sales of â‚¬ 14.5 billion in 2013 and currently
employs 54,000 people across the globe, including 5,472 in Germany (as at December 31, 2014).

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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