Lausanne, Switzerland - The men’s 200m and men’s 110m Hurdles will be in the spotlight at what promises to be another fabulous edition of the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, a Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008, on Tuesday 2 September.

Twelve individual OIympic gold medallists, thirty-six medallists and more than sixty finalists from the Olympic Games in Beijing will compete in the Stade Olympique La Pontaise.

Bolt heads Beijing podium line-up

Jamaican Olympic sprint star Usain Bolt, the first man in history to win three Olympic sprint gold medals (100, 200 metres and 4x100 relay) with World records, will run his favourite 200 metres distance on the super-fast Pontaise track which has produced big results in the past two editions - Xavier Carter’s 19.63 meeting record in 2006 and Tyson Gay’s 19.78 in 2007.

Bolt comes to Lausanne directly from Zürich where he stormed to a winning 9.83 last Friday (29). The entire Beijing podium, Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix plus World bronze medallist Wallace Spearmon will line up in Lausanne.

Robles vs Oliver

The other highlight will be the men’s 110m Hurdles where Olympic champion Dayron Robles will clash against...