Blake clocks 9.69 in 100 meters at Lausanne

 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Yohan Blake of Jamaica won the men's 100 meters sprint¹ with a winning mark of 9.69 seconds, the joint² second-fastest time ever, at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting on Thursday.

Blake, a two-time Olympic silver medalist behind his superstar countryman Bolt³, equalled Bolt's winning mark of 9.69 at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the world record by then before Bolt went on to improve it to 9.58 at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin.

America's Tyson Gay⁴ was 0.14 seconds behind Blake and Nesta Carter, also from Jamaica, clocked 9.95 seconds to finished third in the race which Bolt did not run.

"9.69 is a wonderful result. I knew he is going to push real hard tonight," said Bolt who stormed to win the 200m event in 19.58 seconds.

"I knew I was fast and my coach told me I could run faster. Today I could finally prove it," said Blake, who shared coach with Bolt.

1 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 bolt   

n.螺栓；插销；vt.闩，栓住；vi.冲出去，逃跑

参考例句：

• It is a bad habit to bolt your food.狼吞虎咽地吃东西是个不良习惯。
• That door refuses to bolt.那扇门关不牢。

4 gay   

adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者

参考例句：

• I don't know he was a gay person.我不知道他是同性恋者。
• Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.春回大地，万象更新。