Bolt withdraws from NY meet

Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the June 12 Diamond League meeting in New York City because of an Achilles tendon issue. Organisers of the meeting said they were notified by Bolt's management team that the world and Olympic triple...

Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the June 12 Diamond League meeting in New York City because of an Achilles tendon issue.

Organisers of the meeting said they were notified by Bolt's management team that the world and Olympic triple gold medallist has inflammation in the affected tendon and has been advised to rest.

Bolt, the world record-holder in the 100m and 200m, launched his IAAF Diamond League campaign in Shanghai on May 23 by winning the 200m comfortably in 19.76sec.

On May 27 at a meeting in Ostrava he came close to breaking Michael Johnson's world record in the rarely run 300m.

"I developed a stiffness in my Achilles tendon last week and sought medical attention," Bolt said in a statement.

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