"Monaco will be my last race before the Olympics and I am looking forward to putting on a great show for the fans," said Bolt.

"It is going to be my second time racing in Monaco.

"I love the city and the weather is always good."

The announcement of Bolt's participation in Monaco follows earlier confirmations that he will also run in the Oslo and Rome meetings of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League.

Last year in the Principality he won the 100m in 9.88sec.


Following his false start in Daegu, South Korea, in the 100m, Bolt defended his World Championships title at 200m in 19.40, and later added another gold and world record in the 4x100m relay.

The series of 14 meetings spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, which compose the 2012 Samsung Diamond League season, get underway in just under a month's time in Doha, Qatar, on May 11.

The Herculis meeting record of 19.72 set by Tyson Gay in 2010 could be in danger from the 25-year-old Jamaican who has recorded nine sub-19.70 times for the 200m, including the world record of 19.19 in winning the world title in Berlin in August 2009.

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