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
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.
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.
Sometimes guys get on a roll,'' former 110-meter hurdles world-record holder and current agent Renaldo Nehemiah told me Wednesday.
That was my first major championships back in 2002 and I didn't get to perform as well as I wanted to because I was young and I was just coming up.
I was quite nervous out there. I haven't been on the (Melbourne) track for almost a year now, so I need the confidence. But I'm the world record holder and I had to prove that I am.
I was only following instructions, my coach told me to run the first 50m and then take it easy.
I still need some more days but I am not giving up the season because it is getting better day by day.
Three gold medals, that's a lot, yeah it's possible.
I am almost 30 so I am approaching this one as if it will be my last Olympic Games. I want to put out 110 percent to make sure that I am up at the top.
I am quite confident in my ability. I'm sure I would have run real fast. I never doubt myself, so it would have been a good race out there.
I did not really expect to run from behind. But I have the confidence in myself and I knew I could do it. So I just went out there and pushed it a little.
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.
I finally did it. Further on in the season, I'll try to break the record.
I feel really good that I got through. It's early in the season, I'm really fresh on the track.