World Record holder Usain Bolt and former World Record holder Asafa Powell both opened their 100m seasons with wins at low-keyed meets in the Cayman Islands and Guadeloupe respectively tonight.
Bolt who was running his first competitive race of the season, clocked 10.05 seconds (0.1m/s) to win at the Cayman Invitational, beating American Dentarus Locke 10.12 with Kemar Bailey-Cole third in 10.18 seconds and another Jamaican Jevaughn Minzie who was making his debut, fourth in 10.22 seconds.
Bolt got off to a good start and caught the field by 40 meters and then pulled away to win easily.
Powell who won the 200m at last week-end’s JII meet at the National Stadium, broke the meet record at the Meeting Athletisme Guadeloupe with a time of 10.04 seconds.
American Diondre Batson was second in 10.15 seconds and Canadian Andre De Grasse third in 10.20 seconds.