Bolt back with a win

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt promised he will be physically ready for next month’s Rio Olympics on the night Kendra Harrison broke the 28-year-old 100 metres hurdles world record.

Bolt, running at the track where he achieved the individual Olympic sprint double and the 4x100m relay for the second time four years ago in London, was the star attraction on day one of the Anniversary Games at the Olympic stadium and he did not disappoint in the men’s 200m.

Brushing aside any concerns about the hamstring injury which forced him to withdraw from his country’s Olympic trials earlier, Bolt ran a solid time of 19.89 seconds in his first competitive 200m of this season. Panama’s Alonso Edward ran a season’s best of 20.04sec while Britain’s Adam Gemili produced a 2016 best of 20.07sec.

Bolt is confident he can iron out any glitches with his cornering in his favourite discipline. “I’m getting there. I am not fully in shape,” said the 29-year-old.

“I need more work, but over time I will get there. I thought the cornering wasn’t perfect. But I am feeling good. At least I came here, ran the race and had no injuries. I am ready to defend my Olympic titles. The main thing is I am injury free. I always love competing here. It’s always a great fun at this stadium.”

For once, though, Bolt was not the best athletics performance. That went instead to an American who, incredibly, will not be running in Rio.

Harrison has not been selected for the US Olympic team but she showed the selectors what they will be missing by lowering the 100m hurdles world record. The mark of 12.21sec ran by Bulgarian Yordanka Donkova has stood since 1988 but Harrison went 0.01sec under that to earn herself a Diamond League bonus of $50,000. “Not making the Olympic Games was upsetting,” said Harrison.

“So, I wanted to come out here and show the world I still had it in me. I came out here with vengeance to show what I could do.”

Farah sends Rio warning

Meanwhile, Mo Farah returned to the scene of his 2012 Olympic glory and completed his preparations for the defence of his distance double in Rio with a crushing sub-13-minute victory in the 5,000 metres.

The Briton was never threatened as he crossed the line in 12.59.29 — the fastest time in the world this year.

Farah will start as favourite in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in Rio next month — only Finn Lasse Viren has retained both titles — while at the other end of the scale Dafne Schippers will seek the 100M/200M sprint double.

The Dutchwoman will be the woman to beat and looked supremely relaxed as she easily triumphed in her preferred distance in 22.13 seconds.

Results: Men: 100M: Jimmy Vicaut (Fra) 10.02 seconds, 1; Isiah Young (US) 10.07, 2; Churandy Martina (Ned) 10.10.

200M: Usain Bolt (Jam) 19.89, 1; Alonso Edward (Pan) 20.04, 2; Adam Gemili (Gbr) 20.07, 3. 800M: Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (Fra) 1:43.88, 1; Brandon McBride (Can) 1:43.95, 2; Ferguson Rotich (Ken) 1:44.38, 3. Mile: Silas Kiplagat (Ken) 3:53.04, 1; Timothy Cheruiyot (Ken) 3:53.17, 2; Vincent Kibet (Ken) 3:53.19, 3.

5000M: Mo Farah (gbr) 12:59.29, 1; Andrew Butchart (Gbr) 13:14.85, 2; Bernard Lagat (US) 13:14.96, 3

Pole vault: Renaud Lavillenie (Fra) 5.90 metres, 1; Sam Kendricks (US) 5.83, 2; Kevin Menaldo (Fra) 5.75, 3.

Triple jump: Christian Taylor (US) 17.78, 1; Chris Carter (US) 16.89, 2; Dong Bin (Chn) 16.85, 3.

Javelin throw: Jakub Vadlejch (Cze) 85.72, 1; Keshorn Walcott (T&T) 83.60, 2; Hamish Peacock (Aus) 82.94, 3.

Women: 200M: Dafne Schippers (Ned) 22.13, 1; Tiffany Townsend (US) 22.63, 2; Joanna Atkins (US) 22.64, 3; 400M: Shaunae Miller (Bah) 49.55, 1; Stephenie McPherson (Jam) 50.40, 2; Natasha Hastings (US) 50.49, 3.

1500M: Laura Muir (Gbr) 3:57.49, 1; Sifan Hassan (Ned) 4:00.87, 2; Meraf Bahta (Swe) 4:02.62, 3.

100M hurdles: Kendra Harrison (US) 12.20 (WR) 1; Brianna Rollins (US) 12.57, 2; Kristi Castlin (US) 12.59, 3.

400M hurdles: Dalilah Muhammad (US) 53.90, 1; Sara Slott Petersen (Den) 54.33, 2; Wenda Theron Nel (RSA) 54.47, 3.

High jump: Ruth Beitia (Esp) 1.98, 1; Mirela Demireva (Bul) 1.95, 2; Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Gbr) 1.95, 3.