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Bolt, Gay to face off after World Championships

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2009 | 5:26 PM

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica and close rival American Tyson Gay will face each other in Brussels, Belgium just three weeks after the World Championships.



The athletes are set to race over 100 metres on September 4.



Bolt and Gay are still to meet on the track this year but should go head-to-head in the 100 and 200 metres at the World Championships this month.



Discussions also are under way for the two to race in Zurich, Switzerland on August 28.



Bolt set world records in both sprint events at last year\'s Olympics, while Gay, the 2007 double sprint world champion, did not feature in either final in Beijing.