Salute to the Legend, Usain Bolt, at JN Racers Grand Prix (June 11)

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Salute to a legend 100 m

KINGSTON (JAM): Salute to a legend is the headline of the special farewell 100 m race of Usain Bolt on Saturday at JN Racers Grand Prix meet. His top colleagues from national team will run with him Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. The current headliners will run in another race with Akani Simbine, Yohan Blake and Kemar Bailey-Cole. Olympic winners will compete in 200 m (Wayde Van Niekerk), 800 m (David Rudisha), 3000 m (Mo Farah) and triple jump (Christian Taylor). Top women clashes in the 400 m Allyson Felix against Shericka Jackson and 100 m hurdles World champion Danielle Williams with 2012 Olympic winner Sally Pearson, Sharika Nelvis and Nia Ali. From racersgrandprix.com.

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Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: dave@trackandfieldhunter.com
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