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BBC - 17 April 2013 (link below): Usain Bolt will compete in the
London 2012 Anniversary Games
from 26 to 28 July, along with 28 other medallists from last year's Olympics.
Jamaican Bolt won three gold medals at London 2012, in the
100m,
200m
and as part of the
4x100m relay team. |
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Britain's Jessica Ennis will also take part in the event at the Olympic Stadium, along with fellow gold medal winners Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford.
Sally Pearson and Aries Merritt are among 12 Olympic champions signed up.
The event will double as the 2013 London Grand Prix, which usually takes place at Crystal Palace, and will be held on Friday and Saturday, followed by a day of Paralympic events on Sunday, 28 July.
It will take place on the one-year anniversary of the opening ceremony of London 2012, two weeks before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on 10 August.
Bolt, who set an Olympic record in the 100m and helped his team-mates post a new world record in the 4x100m relay at London 2012, will use the event as a warm-up for Moscow.
Read more at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/22179557
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