KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former World champion Yohan Blake has described his world-leading 9.95 seconds in the 100 metres at Saturday’s MVP meet, as “a big step”, and says he is now back to full fitness.
The 26-year-old produced a sizzling run at the National Stadium to beat fellow Jamaican Rasheed Dwyer and British sprinter Zharnel Hughes into second and third respectively, with both clocked at 10.10 seconds.
“First and foremost, I must give God thanks. He has been present in my life and has changed my life over the past weeks, and I have gotten rid of that name the ‘Beast’,” Blake said in reference to the nickname he has carried in recent years