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Bolt withdraws from Jamaican national championships

Xinhua, June 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

The name of Usain Bolt missed from the list of athletes for the Jamaica National Senior Championships on Thursday.

The world's fastest man had been scheduled to participate in the national trial when preparing for this August's World Championships in Beijing where he would defend 100m and 200m titles.

This withdrawal along with lack of form raised concerns over the future career of the six-time Olympic gold medalist.

Bolt has been struggling with relatively poor performance since the start of the season during which his best record was 10.12 seconds for 100m and 20.13 for 200m.

After last week's New York Diamond League, where Bolt ran a sluggish 20.29 to win 200m, his coach Glen Mills implied more races are needed by the star sprinter.

"He's going to be running a lot more races in order to get him into competitive peak shape. He hasn't been doing much in terms of competitive running. Over the next two months, you'll see him doing quite a lot more races with a more aggressive approach," Mills said.

However, in response to the last-minute withdrawal, Bolt's manager Ricky Simms told media "Usain was never confirmed to run at the trials" though his name was submitted.

"He put his name in to have the option," Simms explained, adding it was Mills who could make the decision. Endi