Usain Bolt Out: Runner Will Miss Upcoming Race

Jamaican runner Usain Bolt waves a flag of Brazilian football club Flamengo at the end of a race in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 31. Bolt will miss an upcoming race due to a hamstring injury. Ari Versiani/AFP/Getty Images

Usain Bolt out: Six time Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica will not run in this year’s Jamaica International Invitational.

Bolt, one of the fastest runners in the world, “felt tightness” after a slight hamstring strain, according to an announcement on his website.

“I am disappointed to miss the Kingston meet as I love running in front of my home crowd in Jamaica. I’m told it is only a Grade 1 strain so hopefully I will be OK soon”, said Bolt.

Bolt hopes to recover in time for the Cayman Invitational on May 8.