The 2011 World Championships 100m winner Yohan Blake believes he has overcome his fear of getting hurt again after opening his season with a 21.33-second clocking in the 200m at UWI Invitational last Saturday.

“To be honest, we are human and it did (the fear of injury affected me). But thank God I have people who have been working with me and I got over that. My mind is set on the goal at hand, which is the Olympics. So I am happy,” he told the Jamaica Observer.

Blake, joint second-fastest man of all time in the 100m and the 200m with 9.69 seconds and 19.26 seconds, is trying to come back from major hamstring injuries suffered in 2013 and 2014.

Blake, 26, who became the youngest World champion at 21 years old, finished second behind his Racers Track Club teammate Warren Weir with 21.23 seconds at the UWI Invitational into a strong headwind of -4.2 m/s.

“It felt pretty good. I have to give God thanks I am healthy again. I felt a little bit rusty because I haven’t run for a while, but I felt really good,” he reiterated.

“Me and coach Mills have been doing some really good work on the track trying to get back the form in place which is going really well. So I am just working on that,” he noted.

The former St Jago High School star, who holds the National Junior 100m record of 10.11 seconds in 2007, says physically he is “super”.

“I have to give God thanks because the body is up there again,” said Blake.

In 2009, Blake became the youngest athlete to break the coveted 100m 10-second barrier clocking 9.96 seconds as a 19-year-old. Two years later he was world champion, aided by the disqualification of the legendary Usain Bolt. Blake won in 9.92 seconds.

“What I really want to do is replicate what I did or do better at Rio this year. So I am just focusing on that really,” said Blake.

“I will take it race by race. I have some races coming up… I am not sure yet where it’s going to be, but I am working with my coach and my manager Cubie Seegobin,” he added.