Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, Yohan Blake, center, and Nesta Carter dance after winning the gold in the Men's 4x100m relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, Yohan Blake, center, and Nesta Carter dance after winning the gold in the Men's 4x100m relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. David J. Phillip, Associated Press
By Associated Press

ZURICH — Yohan Blake is enjoying the extra attention that comes with being 100 meters world champion and main attraction at the Weltklasse meet.

Because Blake's training partner Usain Bolt is skipping the Diamond League finals event in Zurich, he has center stage for his first race after they helped Jamaica set a new 4x100 relay world record in Daegu, South Korea.

Blake says "my ranking is No. 1 so I want to keep it that way. It's a wonderful feeling but I know it's not going to be easy."

The meet starts Thursday. Blake will race former world record-holder Asafa Powell and his relay teammates Nesta Carter and Michael Frater in the 100.

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Blake won the 100 at worlds after Bolt was disqualified because of a false start.

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