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Fit-again Blake taking it slow as Rio beckons
Kingston (Jamaica): Former World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake is back to full fitness but says he will not be rushing his comeback to international competition.
Instead, the 25-year-old plans to slowly work his way back into competition shape with the aim of being at his optimum for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as per reports.
“We’re on a different plan. He’s fully healthy and 100 percent recovered, it’s just getting into competition shape now. We’re just trying to take our time,” the Jamaican’s agent, Cubie Seegobin, said here.
“He’s working like normal, doing time trials, but we’re just trying to make sure what happened the last two years doesn’t happen and don’t rush anything. So anything short of the Olympics would be great.”
Blake came to the fore when he won the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, becoming the youngest World champion in the event at age 21. He stunned multiple-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt at the Jamaica National Championships in 2012 before copping silver in both sprints behind Bolt at the London Olympics a few months later.
However, his season the following year was thrown into disarray because of injury and an attempted comeback last July ended in disappointment when he pulled up during the 100 metres at the Glasgow Grand Prix at Hampden Park.
Seegobin said Blake’s training had been going well and the athlete could be making an appearance soon.
“Everything’s going well. He’s training. We hope to do something by the end of the month, but we’re not in any rush for any competition or any specific timetable,” he said.
The World Championships is set for Beijing from August 22 to 30.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.