Bolt vows to do double over Blake in 200m

Usain Bolt warned Jamaican team-mate Yohan Blake he is ready to exact double revenge when the Olympic 200 metre competition begins today.

Bolt suffered shock defeats to Blake in both the 100m and the 200m at the Jamaican trials but the 26-year-old bounced back in sensational fashion on Sunday night, pulling away from an outstanding field to win his second Olympic 100m title.

Blake, the unwitting catalyst for Bolt’s success, had to settle for silver and immediately promised the 200m would be his time to make a mark on the Olympics.

But Bolt now considers himself to be one triumph – one more successful Olympic title defence – away from achieving legendary sprint status.

“I’ve told Yohan Blake, I am not going to let him beat me again. I’ve said that to him already,” Bolt said.

“When Blake beat me in Jamaica that was a wake-up call. He (effectively) knocked on my door and said: ‘This is an Olympic year, wake up’. So I am grateful for that moment because after that I got my head together, got my head in the game.”