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
From Day 1 I wasnt planning to run until I am very old.
I am a bit different from the other sprinters because, I would say, I can run many different ways while the other guys they just came on and they can only run one way.
I can run sub-10 any time but I'm just not ready.
Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.
I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.
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.
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.