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Yohan Blake: Usain Bolt's opponent aims to extend run of success against Bolt
Yohan Blake, Michael Frater and Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrate victory and a new world record in the men's 4x100 metres relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships.
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Posted: 08/01/2012
LONDON - When Yohan Blake sprinted to the most recent major 100-meter title, at last year's world championships, Usain Bolt was banished from the starting blocks because of a false start.
When Blake beat the world-record holder in the 100 and 200 at the Jamaican trials for the London Olympics, Bolt attributed poor-as-can-be starts in both sprints to hamstring problems connected to a bad back.
Leave such details to others. Says Blake: "A win is a win."
He anticipates more victories in the Olympics. A promotional video for his shoe sponsor shows Blake holding up three fingers and saying, "Three gold, man."
To fulfill that goal, Blake will have to upstage Bolt again.
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