Bolt set for London date in July

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Usain Bolt has reportedly signed a contract to race at the London Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium in July.

The Daily Telegraph reported the world’s fastest man had committed to competing on both days of the Diamond League meeting on July 26 and 27.

The meeting is expected to attract a host of star names as it marks the anniversary of the London 2012 opening ceremony.

It will mark the first time the Jamaican has competed in Britain since 2009, except the Olympics.

He has stayed away because under UK law the double Olympic 100, 200 and 4×100 metres champion would have had to pay tax on his lucrative endorsement earnings, but Chancellor George Osborne announced in the budget a one-off exemption for overseas athletes taking part in the London meeting.

The London Anniversary Games takes place two weeks before the World Championships in Moscow.

Bolt has already confirmed he will race over 100m in Rome on June 6, over 200m in Oslo on June 23, in the sprint relay in Ostrava on June 27, over 200m in Paris on July 6 and over an unconfirmed distance in Brussels on September 6.

He is due to race over 150m on a track on Copacabana beach on Sunday.