Athletics:Jamaican world record holder Usain Bolt ran the slowest 100 metres time of his senior career in the Czech Republic tonight, although it was still good enough to take victory at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava.
The Olympic champion clocked 10.04 seconds to win from Kim Collins of Saint Kitts & Nevis and American Darvis Patton.
Bolt’s time was slower than the 9.82 he ran in his only previous outing this season in Kingston, Jamaica on May 5th.
He had spoken this week of wanting to run around 9.7 seconds as he continues his build up to this year's London Olympic Games.
Bolt was slow out of the blocks, after South Africa's Simon Magakwe was disqualified for a false start, but easily reeled in Collins, who crossed the line in 10.19 with Patton three one hundredths of a second further back.
Britain's Dwain Chambers was fifth in a season best 10.28 but failed to reach the Olympic qualifying time of 10.18 that would have guaranteed him eligibility for selection.
Chambers, 34, served a two-year doping ban but was cleared to compete at the London Games when the Court of Arbitration (CAS) overruled a British Olympic life ban on drug offenders.