Bolt, van Niekerk, Farah, Rudisha headline Jamaican meet


Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt poses after running during the final night of the Nitro Athletics series at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Hamish Blair

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Usain Bolt, fellow world record holders David Rudisha and Wayde van Niekerk and middle distance king Mo Farah will headline the JN Racers Grand Prix on June 10, organisers announced on Friday.

The meet dubbed a 'salute to the legend' is set to be Bolt's last professional race in Jamaica as the eight-times Olympic sprint champion closes the meet in the 100 metres. "It will be my last competition on home soil ... I might shed a tear even though I'm not an emotional person as I close out where it started on Jamaican soil," Bolt told reporters, adding that he was eyeing a time of under 9.8 seconds.

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