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Nitro Athletics: Usain Bolt Takes on the World

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Coverage of Nitro Athletics, a high-energy team sporting event.

Coverage of Nitro Athletics. 6 international teams compete in traditional events such as the 100m and pole vault, and new events including an elimination mile, mixed hurdles relay and target javelin.

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Nitro Athletics: Usain Bolt Takes on the World: 2017

Tim Bennett

Alastair McIntyre

Nitro Athletics: Usain Bolt Takes on the World: 2017: Episode 1

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Episode 1

2017

BBC Two - Nitro Athletics: Usain Bolt Takes on the World, 2017, Episode 1

Usain Bolt is the headline act as Nitro Athletics makes its global debut.

Highlights of a new high-energy team sporting event. International teams battle it out in traditional events and new events including an elimination mile and a mixed hurdles relay.

Usain Bolt is the headline act as Nitro Athletics - a new high-energy team event - makes its global debut in Melbourne.

This hour-long highlights programme shows the best of the action as six international teams made up of 24 athletes battle it out in traditional events such as the 100m, 200m and pole vault - and they are also supported by new events including an elimination mile, a mixed hurdles relay, a mixed long jump and target javelin.

Jamaican superstar Bolt leads his 'Bolt All Stars' team against England, captained by Olympic and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu, China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Points are awarded for each of the 12 events, which also attempt to pioneer new technology, such as microphones worn by the athletes, countdown clocks and fluorescent blocks and batons.

This is the first of three days of the inaugural Nitro Athletics Melbourne meeting and hopes are high it will have a strong impact, with Lord Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics, saying this event will 'revolutionise' the sport.

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Highlights of Nitro Athletics, a high-energy team sporting event.

Highlights of Nitro Athletics. Six international teams battle it out in traditional events such as the 100m and pole vault, and new events including an elimination mile and target javelin.

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