Bolt ready for track return after recent crash
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Olympic triple gold medalist Usain Bolt says he is ready to return to the track after his recent car crash and will run in England on Sunday.
The 22-year-old returned to training last week after crashing his car into a ditch along a Jamaican highway April 29. Bolt will compete in a 150-meter street race in Manchester.
Bolt won gold in the 100 meters, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Beijing Games last summer, all in world record times.
He had minor surgery on his left foot to remove thorns that he stepped in as he got out of the car.
"I am feeling good because I was back to training on Thursday and over the past couple of days the injuries have healed," Bolt said Monday.
After Manchester, Bolt will next run in Toronto at the Festival of Excellence meet June 11.
"I am looking forward to the upcoming races and I am trying to get myself back on form and to compete because a lot of the other guys are training hard to beat me," he said.
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