<p>Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships last night to qualify for August's World Championships.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bolt, who broke free from the pack after 60 metres, shut it down as he crossed the line in 9.94 seconds, with rising star and training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole second in 9.98 and Nickel Ashmeade third in 9.99.<br /><br />Ashmeade is the training partner of Tyson Gay, who ran 9.75 to win at the US Track and Field Championships earlier Friday.<br /><br />Bolt, when asked about Gay's impressive run, said, "trials is always to make the team, because it's at the (world) championships it really matters. I had ran 9.63, 9.58, so I have set the (worlds qualifying) standard already.<br /><br />"It was all about getting through it injury free and that's what I had done," Bolt said.<br />Gay and Bolt figure to have a showdown in the 100 at the World Championships in August at Moscow along with defending champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica.<br /><br />Blake did not run in the Jamaican meet because of a right thigh injury, but as a reigning champion, Blake will still be eligible to run at the worlds despite not competing this week at the Jamaican trials.<br /><br />Considering what elements of his race needed work, Bolt said, "a lot more things to work on, my start and my drive phase need some more work."<br /><br />Asafa Powell, who has struggled all season with injuries, finished a disappointing seventh in 10.22.<br /><br />In the women's 100m, Kerron Stewart won in 10.96 ahead of Sherone Simpson in 11.03 with Schillonie Calvert third in 11.07.<br /><br />"It was a good time, because I had not dipped under 11 seconds all season, but I knew it was in me," Stewart said.<br /><br />In the men's 400m hurdles, Leford Green won in 49.20 ahead of Annsert Whyte in 49.30 with Isa Phillips third in 49.59.<br /><br />Francine Simpson won the women's long jump with a leap of 6.35m.</p>
<p>Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships last night to qualify for August's World Championships.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bolt, who broke free from the pack after 60 metres, shut it down as he crossed the line in 9.94 seconds, with rising star and training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole second in 9.98 and Nickel Ashmeade third in 9.99.<br /><br />Ashmeade is the training partner of Tyson Gay, who ran 9.75 to win at the US Track and Field Championships earlier Friday.<br /><br />Bolt, when asked about Gay's impressive run, said, "trials is always to make the team, because it's at the (world) championships it really matters. I had ran 9.63, 9.58, so I have set the (worlds qualifying) standard already.<br /><br />"It was all about getting through it injury free and that's what I had done," Bolt said.<br />Gay and Bolt figure to have a showdown in the 100 at the World Championships in August at Moscow along with defending champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica.<br /><br />Blake did not run in the Jamaican meet because of a right thigh injury, but as a reigning champion, Blake will still be eligible to run at the worlds despite not competing this week at the Jamaican trials.<br /><br />Considering what elements of his race needed work, Bolt said, "a lot more things to work on, my start and my drive phase need some more work."<br /><br />Asafa Powell, who has struggled all season with injuries, finished a disappointing seventh in 10.22.<br /><br />In the women's 100m, Kerron Stewart won in 10.96 ahead of Sherone Simpson in 11.03 with Schillonie Calvert third in 11.07.<br /><br />"It was a good time, because I had not dipped under 11 seconds all season, but I knew it was in me," Stewart said.<br /><br />In the men's 400m hurdles, Leford Green won in 49.20 ahead of Annsert Whyte in 49.30 with Isa Phillips third in 49.59.<br /><br />Francine Simpson won the women's long jump with a leap of 6.35m.</p>