INQUIRER Sports

KINGSTON, Jamaica?Beijing Olympic double sprint champion Usain Bolt won the 100 meters at the Jamaican Athletics Championships on Saturday in 9.86 seconds, the fastest wind-legal time in the world the year.

Bolt, running into a 0.2m/sec headwind and racing in lane four next to rival Asafa Powell, eased down with a finger across his lips at the finish as he booked a berth in the World Championships in August at Berlin.

"I am feeling good," Bolt said. "I am now looking forward to get into better shape."
Powell finished second in 9.97.

Bolt, who took control of the race from the 50-meter mark, said the "run showed that I am getting back into shape."

In the women?s 100m, Shelly-Ann Fraser showed she has recovered from her appendix surgery in April by posting 10.88, the fastest wind-legal time in the world this year, into a 1.5m/sec headwind.

Kerron Stewart was second in 10.93 while Sheri-Ann Brooks was a distant third in 11.16.
In the 400m hurdles, Isa Phillips won the men?s event in a world leading 48.05 while Olympic champion Melaine Walker took the women?s, edging Kaliese Spencer at 54.70 by .01 of a second.