Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell, CDis a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 metres world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s being the fifth fastest time in the history of the event. As of October 2012, Powell has broken the ten-second barrier legally more times than anyone else – 95 times...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth23 November 1982
CitySpanish Town, Jamaica
CountryJamaica
I wanted Australia to really finish the race and give us a real good run so we could get a better time but it was unfortunate that the baton (for the Australians) fell.
I'm a little bit anxious, it's my first real competition since the injury. I still have a little fear ? but it's only a mind thing.
Sometimes guys get on a roll,'' former 110-meter hurdles world-record holder and current agent Renaldo Nehemiah told me Wednesday.
I feel really good that I got through.
That guy is a great starter but I knew I had it from the start.
I don't think anyone can really dominate. By running 9.77sec this year, I did something no one has ever done. A lot of people would like to have that world record and I'm sure that includes Justin Gatlin.
I'm real proud of her ... a Jamaican double is great. It felt good.
In the final tomorrow we will make one change (Chris Williams coming in) on the third leg and I think that will boost up the team a little more.
Actually, I wanted to get it over with. Further on in the season, I'll try, for the record.
I'm really happy for the guys that they were able to get a gold medal.
I'll be there and we will win the relay gold for sure,
It shows no-one knows how fast a man can run
We will win (the final) anyway because today we got lane one and that was real hard and tomorrow we will get a better lane for sure, lane three and that will boost up our team more and we'll be fine.
Three gold medals, that's a lot, yeah it's possible.