Bolt
and Gatlin headed to Brussels, but will not meet
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[August 28, 2015]
By Gene Cherry
BEIJING (Reuters) - Usain Bolt and Justin
Gatlin will race again in Brussels next month, but not against each
other, organizers of the Van Damme Diamond League meeting said on
Friday.
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"No chance for rematch," meeting director Wilfried Meert told
Reuters in an email. "Will be Gatlin in the 100 and Bolt in the
200."
Bolt ended American Gatlin's two-year unbeaten streak with victories
in both the 100 and 200 meters at the Beijing world championships,
though his participation at the Sept. 11 meeting in Brussels is
contingent on fitness, his agent said.
"Usain's only scheduled race this year after Beijing is Brussels
provided he comes through this meet fit and healthy," Ricky Simms
said in an email to Reuters.
"When he gets back to Europe next week we will see how he recovers
from the exertions of the past week.
"The big goal is Rio."
Bolt is expected to seek his third consecutive set of triple Olympic
gold medals in Brazil next year.
Prior to Beijing, Bolt and Gatlin had not met since September 2013
when the Jamaican won the 100 meters and Gatlin finished fourth in
Brussels.
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Overall, Bolt holds an 8-2 advantage in career clashes.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Beijing; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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