Bolt-Gay battle to continue

Jamaican Usain Bolt and American Tyson Gay will take their ‘sprint bout’ into the second round when they vie for supremacy in men’s 200m. The first round heats are due to be worked off on Tuesday morning, followed by the quarter finals the same day evening.

Bolt, with a career beat 19.30 should hold the edge over Gay, who too has been shaping well with a personal best 19.58 this season. In contrast, Bolt’s best this season has been a 19.59. Nevertheless, the Jamaican sprint merchant go flat out in his thrust for that elusive sprint double.