Bolt will lose 100m title at 2012 Olympics, says Greene

Usain Bolt will lose his Olympic 100-meter title next summer in London to teammate Yohan Blake, according to Maurice Greene, who made the prediction to BBC Radio.Blake, 22, won the 100 at this years world championships after Bolt was disqualifed for a false start. Bolt, 25, who holds the world record in the 100 and 200, came back to win the 200."If everybody competes like they did this year, Id say Yohan Blake is going to win," Greene told BBC Radio.Greene, the 100-meter champion at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, says Bolt has "trouble in close races," the BBC report said. "If you think about the close races hes had, hes lost [them]," Greene said.Greene says Blake is gaining confidence. Blake ran the fastest 200 in the world last year at 19.26 seconds, which was only .07 seconds off Bolts world record.Bolt has nothing but good things to say about his teammate. Bolt told Desmond Howard in this months ESPN The Magazine: "We train together, and hes gonna be great in the future. But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals."
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