World Record to Powell as Gay is nowhere
ROME:
Asafa Powell hit a new world 100m record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy, yesterday sending the clear signal that he is the fastest man on eath right now and the Americans, so dominant in Osaka at the World Championships, were nowhere to be seen.
His old mark of 9.77 had stood since Athens (June 2005) and this run underlines the fact that Powell simply suffered from a bad case of tying up as Tyson Gay overhauled him in Osaka.
The 24-year-old Powell had said at the beginning of August that he felt he was capable of beating the world record in 2007 saying he could run "9.74 or 9.73, even below 9.70."
Powell flew away in the race ahead of Norway's Saidy Ndure Jaysuma (10.07) and 2003 world champion from St Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins (10.14).
Asafa Powell hit a new world 100m record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy, yesterday sending the clear signal that he is the fastest man on eath right now and the Americans, so dominant in Osaka at the World Championships, were nowhere to be seen.
His old mark of 9.77 had stood since Athens (June 2005) and this run underlines the fact that Powell simply suffered from a bad case of tying up as Tyson Gay overhauled him in Osaka.
The 24-year-old Powell had said at the beginning of August that he felt he was capable of beating the world record in 2007 saying he could run "9.74 or 9.73, even below 9.70."
Powell flew away in the race ahead of Norway's Saidy Ndure Jaysuma (10.07) and 2003 world champion from St Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins (10.14).
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