{{Yohan Blake upset reigning Olympic champ Usain Bolt by winning the 200 metres in 19.80 seconds at the Jamaican Olympic Athletic Trials on Sunday, just two days after beating him in the 100 metres.}}<\/p>\n
It was the latest clash between the two Jamaican stars ahead of the London Olympics, where Bolt\u2019s supremacy in the sprinting world appears to be in danger.<\/p>\n
Bolt finished second in 19.83 while Warren Weir also earned a ticket to the London Games by finishing third. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have been working hard and am seeing it paying off now,\u201d Blake said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not surprised by the big win. I know what Bolt has to offer and I know he was not at 100 percent. I just tried to keep my form.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake had won his 200m semi-final in 19.93 seconds on Saturday to set up another finals showdown with Bolt, who took his semi-final race in 20.26.<\/p>\n
Blake produced his first upset of the weekend and one of the biggest in the sport this year by beating Bolt in Friday\u2019s 100m final with a time of 9.75 seconds, becoming the fourth fastest man ever in the event.<\/p>\n
Bolt, the 100m and 200m Olympic champ and world record holder, was second in 9.86 seconds after a poor start and Asafa Powell was third in 9.88 seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t train for one person,\u201d Bolt said on Sunday. \u201cNo one was talking about Blake and see what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bolt says he now has plenty to prove heading into the Olympics and vowed to come back from these defeats.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am the Olympic champion and I have to show the world I am the best,\u201d Bolt said. \u201cI will always make a comeback. It is not like I was blown away. I know what I need to do to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake ran the world-leading time on Sunday in the 200m but he did not beat his personal best of 19.26 which he set in September 2011.<\/p>\n
Neither Blake nor Bolt have committed to running both sprints in London, saying they will leave the decision up to their Jamaican coach Glen Mills.<\/p>\n
Blake said he was not surprised by the weekend results, adding he \u201cworked hard\u201d to get in top form.<\/p>\n
Bolt is confident he can get up to speed with an accelerated training regime leading up to the Summer Olympics. It\u2019s all about work and just needing to get my things together and get it right,\u201d Bolt said. \u201cI got to get in the work and figure out what I did wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to work hard to get ready for the Olympics. I think I am a little bit weak but three more weeks should be good enough to get back into shape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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