Jamaican, Feb 10: sprint hero Usain Bolt won his 400-metre heat while Yohan Blake was beaten by Warren Weir on Saturday as the athletes opened their 2013 season at the Camperdown Classic. Weir, the 200m bronze medallist at the London Olympics last year, emerged with the meet's overall 400m title with a time of 46.23sec. Blake, the double Olympic sprint silver medallist, clocked 46.77 in the same heat. In an earlier heat, Bolt trailed Riker Hylton -- a genuine quarter-miler -- into the last 40m but won the heat in 46.74. "I felt a bit nervous," Bolt, the 100m and 200m world record-holder, said of his season opener. "I just came out here to win and I'm glad I won injury free." Bolt, who spectacularly defended his three gold medals -- in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m -- at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, said he might run a couple more 400m races this season, and that his time so early in the season "shows that I am in good shape."
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