PARIS (Sporting Alert) — World Record holder Usain Bolt will race over 200-metres at the 2013 edition of the Meeting AREVA – Samsung Diamond League – in Paris on July 6. Bolt, who holds the world record in the event, at 19.19 seconds, will compete against French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre, who was confirmed for the event by the organisers of the Meeting AREVA. The Jamaican sprint... 

American LaShawn Merritt had an injury scare in his final race before defending his Olympic title in London later this summer. Merritt, the world-leader and the man picked by the pundits to repeat as the Olympic Games 400m gold medallist, was forced to pull out of the quarter-mile race at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco, halfway through the contest after feeling some discomfort. “At... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track Usain Bolt (R) ahead of Tyson Gay (c) and Asafa Powell in his world record run of 9.58secs at the world championships in Berlin PHOTO/Randy Miyazaki GATESHEAD — Organisers of the Gateshead international meeting are buzzing about the possibilities of having the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, competing at the UK-based leg of the Diamond League meeting next season. Bolt,...