A hamstring injury kept Usain Bolt from earning his spot on the Jamaican Olympic team at trials, but it shouldn’t keep him from competing in Rio. He was named to the squad Monday after receiving a medical exemption from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association.
Bolt was competing at his country’s trials when he sustained the injury, which is a grade-one tear. The top three in his races qualify for the Olympics, but unlike the U.S., Jamaica allows for medical exemptions and discretionary measures. So it was not in doubt that he’d be chosen.