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Doha: US sprinter Justin Gatlin on Friday issued a statement that was clearly targeted at his rival Usain Bolt, who is yet to start his season.<\/p>\nDoha: US sprinter Justin Gatlin on Friday issued a statement that was clearly targeted at his rival Usain Bolt, who is yet to start his season.<\/p>\n
The American ran the joint-sixth quickest 100m time in history to dominate the field, creating a Meet Record, clocking 9.74, to emerge victorious at the IAAF Diamond League Doha 2015 on Friday.<\/p>\n
Excerpts from the interview following his win:<\/p>\n
What do you have to say on performance of US as a team?<\/strong><\/p>\n We have to go out as team USA and push forward. We showed that to the world in the Bahamas and we will do it in the World Championships.<\/p>\n You always have something special in mind for Doha! Do you think the performance will have an impact on the season ahead? Are you missing Usain Bolt? Are you looking for the Paris encore, where you were the fastest in 100m and an hour later won the 200m as well? Was today’s sprint a perfect one for you? Were you aiming to run that fast today? Statement to whom? Is that a statement to your competition? I love it (on his rivalry with Bolt). You know I am not a trash talker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The American ran the joint-sixth quickest 100m time in history to dominate the field, creating a Meet Record, clocking 9.74, to emerge victorious at the IAAF Diamond League Doha 2015 on Friday.<\/p>\n Excerpts from the interview following his win:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n
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It’s the fans. The people here have a big heart. Gracious people, kind people and they want to see good performances and tonight, it has been a bit of both. Time to time I have had great races here.<\/p>\n
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Of course! This is where you set the tone. Always a laudable win, fast track, good competition, you can’t beat that.<\/p>\n
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Laughs! Well, I think right now the world is just waiting for him to come out and I think everyone is. But, the guys who were competing here tonight are no pushovers, they are very fast guys and they have done ‘nine seven’ and ‘nine eights’ in the past and these are the guys you have to look out for before every competition.<\/p>\n
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Hey you know what, Paris has been forgotten. I just want to come out there and run every second. My coach asks me to lace up my shoes and go out there and run and I just do it.<\/p>\n
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I only know what I feel and I felt it was a good race. If ever in the race I feel sloppy, I look to finish off a little more stronger and faster and that’s what I have been working on. But, I always report back to the headquarters, which is my coach. And he tells me, ‘Hey man, you pushed up the blocks or you didn’t run as hard’. You know, he is bit of a critique guy.<\/p>\n
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Time wasn’t really a factor tonight. I wasn’t trying to run a ‘nine six’ or ‘nine seven’. I just wanted to make a statement. You know man, my coach just shook my hand and said, ‘Go out there and make a statement.”<\/p>\n
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To the world (Laughs)! To anyone who is willing to listen or watch. But, I am glad the fans had a great time and I want to come back again next year. Hopefully you guys will let me.<\/p>\n
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You guys make him sound like he is a Lord Voldemort (laughs).
Statement to anybody, who is willing to judge your position and wants to win the world championships. I think, hopefully, everyone who lines up and makes it to the finals is thinking about winning the gold in the world championships. So it goes out to him; you guys won’t say his name; and six other guys, who are lining up for the competition.<\/p>\nDoha: US sprinter Justin Gatlin on Friday issued a statement that was clearly targeted at his rival Usain Bolt, who is yet to start his season.<\/p>\n