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Boldon dismisses Christie's chances

Linford Christie's chances of retaining his Olympic 100 metres title were dismissed here yesterday by Ato Boldon, who ran the second fastest time of the opening round and then went one better in the talking department.

"Linford won't run under 10 seconds here, I'm telling you," said Boldon, who confirmed his position as one of the strongest medal favourites behind Frankie Fredericks by recording 10.06sec in front of a crowd close to the 83,000 capacity, despite slowing over the last 30 metres.

Christie, who came through with a relatively conservative 10.26 as he placed second in his heat, kept his own counsel. But Boldon, a 22-year- old Trinidadian who took bronze in last year's World ...

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