Bolt confirms Warsaw start

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run in a 100 meters race in Warsaw on August 23. The athlete posted his finalized schedule for this year, which include only four events. Besides Warsaw, six times Olympic champion will participate in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Diamond League meeting in Zurich and a special event on the Copacabana beach. Bolt has shorten his schedule because of the foot injury he sustained in March. In Warsaw he will participate in the 5th annual Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, which will be held this year at the Warsaw’s National Stadium. The event is organized to commemorate Olympic gold medalist, hammer thrower Kamila Skolimowska, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 26 due to pulmonary embolism. Besides Bolt, top Polish track and field stars will participate in the event, as well as former 100 meters world champion Kim Collins and current indoor world champion (60 meters sprint) Richard Kilty.