Bolt admits defeat

Thunderclap this Friday night in Stockholm! Invincible past two years on the distance, Usain Bolt bowed in the 100m final of the Swedish rally Diamond League, beaten by his great rival Tyson Gay. Winner in 9 "84, ahead of the American 13/100 Jamaican on the finish line. The Trinidadian Richard Thompson finished third in 10 10.

There was electricity in the air this Friday in Stockholm. The clash of titans was going on, without the third of them indeed - Asafa Powell had to abandon the meeting because of back pain and groin following a groin injury incurred in Saint-Denis - but with both fastest men in the world. For the third time in their shared history only, Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay were together, side by side, facing a 100m called into legend. An event in itself, which has kept its promises ...

In their two previous explanations, in New York in 2008 and in Berlin last year, as part of the World, Usain Bolt had the last word with such aplomb that he had taken advantage of these opportunities to push the record World 9 "72 first, then 9 '58. This time, not only the Lightning could not surpass that, but she lost more in pain - an affront that the most whimsical of the athletes had not suffered in the distance queen for two years and a setback here in Stockholm, before Asafa Powell.

The origin of this veritable thunderclap, American Tyson Gay, the man who is 9 "69 and for achieving its goal on Friday was split with a time of 9" 84, the record the meeting and one of the very best in the world this year behind the 9 "82 owned jointly by Bolt and Powell. The result, without doubt, a strained Achilles' tendon that" Lightning Bolt "has been dragging the beginning of the season. The Jamaican who suffered that night in Stockholm - grin authentic full effort - sign a modest time of nine 97 in the wake of a 10 "top 10 still winded series, before the vice Olympic silver medalist Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago (10 10).

If the physical follows, Usain Bolt could however do not delay taking revenge. On 22 August the looming meeting in Brussels, and the person as his executioner are announced. The icing on the cake, Asafa Powell also should be part of. With a ranking leader of the Diamond League to defend. And maybe an opportunity to face his compatriot and rival, however ...