Bolt to race in Monaco before world champs

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco next month.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres in Monaco next month, two weeks before his final world championships appearance in London.

The eight-time Olympic gold medallist, who ran his final race in his home country earlier this month, last raced at the Louis II Stadium in 2011.

"Organisers of the Herculis EBS meeting have confirmed that Usain Bolt will compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on 21 July as part of his farewell tour," the governing IAAF said on its website.

Bolt, the double sprint world record holder who has also amassed 13 world championship medals, will end his world championships career in August where he will only run the shorter sprint despite having a wildcard for the 200m.


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