Usain Bolt will begin his final track season with a 100-meter race at the highly anticipated Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Jamaica tonight– his final race on home soil. The event is scheduled to fire off at 6:30 p.m. local time or 7:30 p.m E.T.
Bolt will compete against compatriots Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Jevaughn Minzie and Nickel Ashmead in the race dubbed SALUTE TO A LEGEND. Joining them in that race will be American Terrell Cotton, Ramon Gittens of Barbados, Daniel Bailey of Antigua, and Jason Rogers of St Kitts & Nevis. The race is expected to start at 10:10/11:10 p.m. ET.
View the order of events here
The event will be broadcast on National TV (TVJ). However, for fans outside of Jamaica, the event will be only available via a pay-per-view stream on 1 Spot Media at the cost of $23.99. Watch it here.
Bolt missed two weeks of training after his close friend and British Olympian Germaine Mason died in a motorcycle crash while in Jamaica.
A more competitive 100m race includes 2012 Olympic silver medalist Yohan Blake and South African sprint star Akani Simbine.
Racers Grand Prix order of events
| TIME | EVENTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:15-6:30 PM | OPENING CEREMONY | ||
| 6:35 | TRIPLE JUMP | WOMEN | |
| 6:40 | 400 METRES | WOMEN | “A” RACE |
| 6:45 | 400 METRES | MEN | “A” RACE |
| 7:00 | SHOT PUT | MEN | |
| 7:10 | 100 METRES HURDLES | WOMEN | |
| 7:25 | 110 METRES HURDLES | MEN | |
| 7:40 | 100 METRES | WOMEN | “A” RACE |
| 7:45 | 100 METRES | MEN | “A” RACE |
| 7:55 | 100 METRES | WOMEN | |
| 8:05 | 100 METRES | MEN | |
| THE ARRIVAL – NACAC PRESENTATION | |||
| 8:30 | TRIPLE JUMP | MEN | |
| 8:35 | HIGH JUMP | WOMEN | |
| 8:40 | 3,000 METRES | MEN | |
| 8:55 | 400 METRES HURDLES | WOMEN | |
| 9:05 | 400 METRES HURDLES | MEN | |
| 9:15 | 400 METRES | WOMEN | |
| 9:25 | 400 METRES | MEN | |
| 9:35 | 800 METRES | MEN | |
| 9:40 | 200 METRES | WOMEN | |
| 9:50 | 200 METRES | MEN | |
| 10:10 | 100 METRES – “SALUTE TO A LEGEND “ | ||
Saturday night’s meet will also feature Olympic champions Allyson Felix, Mo Farah, David Rudisha and Wayde van Niekerk.
Bolt’s next race will be a 100-meter race at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet on June 28. His final race will come at the IAAF World Championships in London in August.
