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Yohan Blake heading to Rio as a double Jamaican champ

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Yohan Blake checked the clock as he crossed the line, then knelt for a moment in prayer and tore open his singlet in his traditional manner of celebration.

And he looks every bit the part of an Olympic contender again.

Just as he did four years ago, Blake is going to the Olympics as Jamaica's national champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Blake won the 100 on Friday and capped his country's senior national championships — the nation's version of an Olympic trials — on Sunday with a win in the 200, prevailing in 20.