BRUSSELS ? Usain Bolt ran the season's fastest time in the 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday but was upstaged by fellow-Jamaican Yohan Blake, who had the second fastest 200 in history.
Bolt came from behind to finish in 9.76 seconds to improve on the mark of fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell by 0.02 seconds. Minutes later, 100 world champion Blake set a time of 19.26 seconds in the 200, 0.07 seconds off Bolt's 2-year-old world record.
After false-starting in the final of the 100 at the world championships three weeks ago, Bolt wanted to finish his season on a high note. Nesta Carter was second in 9.89 and another Jamaican, Lerone Clarke, finished in 10.05.
Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele ran the year's fastest 10,000 meters.
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BRUSSELS (AP) ? Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele set the fastest time of the year in the 10,000 meters at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday, less than three weeks after stepping out of the world championships final.
He avenged the first defeat of his career in the 10,000 by coming back with a time of 26 minutes, 43.16 seconds, beating the year's best mark set by Mo Farah by 3.41 seconds.
After he withdrew from the championships in Daegu, Bekele returned to Ethiopia to train. Cheered by 40,000 fans at the King Baudouin stadium, took the lead from Kenyan Lucas Rotich with a lap to go.
Galen Rupp was third, setting an American record in 26:48. He broke the previous record by a full 11 seconds, set by Chris Solinsky in April 2010.
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