Blake second in 400, Bolt no-show at Kingston
- Published: 12/02/2012 at 08:32 AM
- Online news: Sports
World 100-metre champion Yohan Blake opened his season with a 400m personal best on Saturday at the Camperdown Classic while 100m world-record holder Usain Bolt skipped the Jamaican meet.
World 100-metre champion Yohan Blake, pictured here in 2011, opened his season with a 400m personal best on Saturday at the Camperdown Classic while 100m world-record holder Usain Bolt skipped the Jamaican meet.
Blake's time of 46.49 seconds was .2 of a second behind winner Allodin Fothergill, a member of Jamaica's third-place 4x400m team at last year?s World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
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