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 said to myself, if I was in the race, I know I would have won.
I can run sub-10 any time but I'm just not ready.
Everyone is looking for me to bring a gold back home, and a lot of people in other places are expecting me to win.
Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.
Well you know I wanted Australia to finish the race and give us a really good run so we could have done a better time, but unfortunately the baton fell.