"I won’t let Yohan beat me over 200m - Bolt

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MONACO - Despite Yohan Blake's stunning 19.26 seconds performance - the second fastest ever over that distance - world record holder for the event, Usain Bolt, said he will not allow his rival to beat him over that distance.

Asked of Bolt at Saturday's IAAF Press Conference: "Is Yohan Blake capable of breaking the 200m WR?

Avoiding speculation on the WR, Bolt replied:
“I’ve said this to Yohan already and have said to a lot of my friends, the 200 is my favourite event and I won’t let Yohan beat me over 200 metres. In the 100 maybe, he might have a chance, but the 200 is my favourite event.

"I’ve worked hard to perfect it over the years. I told him already that I won’t let it happen.”

Bolt ran 19.30, a then world record to win the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but returned exactly one year later to run 19.19 to win the World Championships title.

Both train with Glen Mills at Racers Track Club in Kingston.