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Bolt confirmed for Zurich meet

Paris - Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will compete at the season's penultimate Diamond League meet in Zurich on August 28, organisers announced on Monday.

The 27-year-old Jamaican, the world record holder over 100m and 200m, has not yet decided which distance he will run at the Swiss venue.

Currently recovering from a foot injury, Bolt is set to make his return to the track on June 17 in Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

He is also set to compete at the Paris Diamond League meet on July 5 and at Malmo in Sweden in August.

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