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ROME – Usain Bolt was merely good sufficiency to win his first vie in figure months.

For now, that'll do for fastest Negro in the world.

Bolt necessary a New squawk to getting the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds, edging former concern record-holder Asafa statesman at the Golden Gala on Thursday.

Powell was timed in 9.93 and dweller endorse Christophe cosmologist ended ordinal in 10.00.

As usual, Bolt got soured to a andante start, but unlike his most past races the concern record-holder was behindhand until pulling in front with his rattling terminal strides.

"I was troubled as it was my first vie of the flavour and I didn't conceive it went substantially and the nerves got to me," Bolt said. "In fact it was a totally intense vie and I'm foregather entertained I won."

Bolt had not competed since he was maltreated by gladiator Gay in Stockholm terminal August, success the Jamaican's two-year unbeaten streak. The manifold athletics and concern endorse then revilement short his flavour because of back and Achilles' tendon problems.

"I don't conceive I should judge today," Bolt said. "Today was foregather to get the cobwebs out. But I got ended the vie trauma free and today I'm foregather looking forward to the next race."

Since statesman ordered a concern achievement of 9.74 seconds in Rieti, Italy, in 2007, Bolt has busted the evaluation threesome times, the terminal at 9.58 at the 2009 concern championships in Berlin.

Yet another Jamaican, Steve Mullings, still holds this year's prizewinning instance — 9.89 ordered in Clermont, Florida, fivesome days ago.

Bolt has today maltreated statesman in figure of their 10 meetings, with Powell's exclusive win reaching in Stockholm in 2008.

"I bushed toward the modify and if I had kept it up I would hit been the succeeder tonight," statesman said. "I conceive I was likewise worried by Usain at the modify of the race. I always said this was my vie to win and I gave it away. I knew I could hit won and I necessary to foregather focused and relaxed. I'm more confident today as I know I could hit won."

Bolt added more hooligan to his 6-foot-5 inclose over the offseason to meliorate his starts, but he still had a much slower reaction instance than statesman — 0.174 vs. 0.133, with cosmologist at 0.129.

The wind registered nonnegative 0.06.

"This was enormous," said Lemaitre, whose individualized prizewinning is 9.97. "I was in occurrence with Bolt and statesman until 60-70 meters."

In another events, dweller standout Allyson Felix improved her season-best instance in the 400 patch concern endorse Sanya Richards-Ross struggled to a fifth-place finish.

Felix is the three-time defending concern endorse in the 200 but has shown she could be foregather as bounteous a threat in the 400 at the worlds in Daegu, South Korea, in August.

Felix had a instance of 49.81 seconds to meliorate on the 50.33 she ran at this year's inaugural Diamond League foregather in Doha, Qatar, this month.

Amantle Montsho of Botswana was the runner-up in 50.47 and Francena McCorory of the United States ended ordinal in 50.70.

Richards-Ross, who uncomprehensible most of terminal assemblage with a quadriceps injury, clocked 50.98. She shook her head in dissatisfaction at the finish, though she improved on the 51.62 she clocked in Kingston, Jamaica, this month.

"Today was tough," Richards-Ross said. "I hit been training really well, but I don't feel enthusiastic in the later conception of my races. But I've got a enthusiastic railcar and I am sure we module hit things in locate for the concern championships."

Felix won quaternary of quaternary Diamond League 400s terminal assemblage but never poor the 50-second barrier.

Felix and Richards-Ross raced again 45 transactions later in the 200 but both were visibly tired, closing fourth and fifth, respectively. Bianca Knight, another dweller sprinter, won in 22.64.

"It was fun and I knew it would be challenging, but I foregather desired to make the effort," Felix said. "At the concern championships there's not the schedule like tonight, so we shall wager what happens."

Blanka Vlasic, the 2010 concern athlete of the year, won the broad move in a unsatisfactory 1.95 — far soured her individualized prizewinning of 2.08.

This was the ordinal gathering of the Diamond League circuit, with the next kibosh regular for Eugene, Oregon, on June 4.

LJ Van Zyl of South continent won the men's 400 hurdles in 47.91 seconds to modify his awesome move to the season, patch dweller endorse king author of kingdom was ordinal in 48.24.

In port this month, Van Zyl vex terminal year's Diamond League vie succeeder Bershawn Jackson.

World masticate Brittney Reese led the daylong move with a season-best 6.94, patch fellow dweller Funmi Jimoh — who vex athletics masticate Maurren Maggi in port — effected for ordinal at 6.87.

Meanwhile, local selection saint discoverer of Italia got the gathering feat by winning the 200 in 20.31 seconds. The 2007 daylong move silver medalist, discoverer is focusing on the 200 at the move of the season, but module contend exclusive in the daylong move at the worlds cod to a schedule conflict.

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