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 feel really good that I got through.
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.
Three gold medals, that's a lot, yeah it's possible.
I was only following instructions, my coach told me to run the first 50m and then take it easy.
I'll be there and we will win the relay gold for sure,
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.
I'm really happy for the guys that they were able to get a gold medal.
I'm real proud of her ... a Jamaican double is great. It felt good.
That guy is a great starter but I knew I had it from the start.
It was a great race. He's a great champion. I respect him a lot.
It was a good race anyway. He's a great champion.
It's okay for a first competition for the guys.
It's good to know that I can do it again for my country. It's a very, very good feeling. I am really very excited and I know people will also be excited in Jamaica.
It shows no-one knows how fast a man can run