Sprint sensation Usain Bolt in full flight during yesterday's 200m finals at the 20th Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Track & Field Championships at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, in the Bahamas. - CONTRIBUTED
NASSAU, Bahamas:
WORLD JUNIOR record holder Usain Bolt says he is comfortable with his form heading into today's 200 metres final at the 20th Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Track & Field Championships at the Thomas Robinson Stadium.
Running in the semi-final, Bolt was second in a comfortable 20.69 behind Trinidadian Aaron Armstrong ( 20.67).
Bahamas' Dominic Demeritte (20.54) and Trinidadian Julieon Raeburn (20.56) have the fastest times going into today's final.
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Bolt, holder of the World Junior record with 19.93 seconds, cruised in the preliminary round. The 19-year-old was so comfortable that he had time to look back at his rivals as he straightened, easing to the line in 21.00 seconds.
Bolt's main rival in the final should be Aaron Armstrong, who ran a wind assisted 19.98 to win his national trials two weeks ago. The Trinidadian also had a good preliminary round run, winning heat five in 20.84.
Dewayne Barrett (20.75) will join Bolt in the final.
Jamaica's Peta-Gaye Beckford ( 22.87) and Sheri-Ann Brooks (23.17) will contest the women's 200-metre final.
Aneita Denton (2:04.39) and Kayon Thompson (2:11.43), who both secured top three finishes in the 800m preliminary round, will be Jamaica's first medal prospects.
Aldwyn Sappleton (1:51.95) and Ricardo Cunningham (1: 53.36) also secured top three finishes in the men's 800 metres and will be gunning for medals after the women's final.
In other finals, national champion Elva Goulbourne and Peta-Gaye Beckford are set to taste action for the first time when they line-up in the women's long jump.
National shot put champion Kimberley Barrett, triple jumpers Wilbert Walker and Kenneth Sylvester, along with the women's and men's mile relay quartets, will also be in action.
