Sprinter Bolt unaware of double bid after landing in China

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BEIJING (AFP) — Jamaica's world 100m record holder Usain Bolt touched down in China on Tuesday apparently unaware that he will be going for an Olympic sprint double.

Despite agent Norman Peart and coach Glen Mills both having confirmed this week that Bolt would race the 100m and 200m in Beijing, the sprinter seemed genuinely in the black when informed of his likely schedule.

"It's not exactly decided," Bolt initally told reporters when asked if he was ready for an assault on the sprint double. "I'm 80 percent sure. My coach hasn't really told me."

When told that coach Mills had indeed confirmed that he was to double up, Bolt was momentarily thrown before saying: "He didn't actually communicate that to me.

"It's the first miscommunication I've had...