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Asafa Powell puts Usain Bolt in his sights and says he can beat him
• Sprinter says Bolt's world-record mark of 9.58sec is beatable
• Jamaican targets Diamond League to defeat his countryman
Asafa Powell believes 2010 will be the year when he defeats Usain Bolt.
Asafa Powell, the Jamaican sprinter and Commonwealth Games 100m gold medallist, says he can catch Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man and his fellow countrymen, when the two race next year.
"Usain is the target right now and I'm shooting at him," Powell said today in Singapore where he is promoting next year's Youth Olympic Games. "I know that I can do it."
Powell, who has run a personal best of 9.72sec in the 100m, will go head-to-head with Bolt and the US's Tyson Gay in the IAAF Diamond League, a new circuit for the top tier of track and field starting in 2010, a year with no Olympics or world championships on the schedule.
Bolt, the 100m and 200m world record holder who won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, ran a record 9.58sec in Berlin in August, a mark Powell said can be beat.
"I knew 9.5 was possible," he said. "I'm not sure if 9.4 is possible, but I'm 100% sure that you'll see some very fast times next year." Powell added that the 6ft 5in Bolt had an edge over smaller competitors during the second half of races, but is slower at the start. "I have an advantage because I'm shorter than him so I can get out of the starting block faster, while he's taller so he's stronger at the end," he said.
Tags: Asafa-Powell, Usain-Bolt
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on -
Why Powell have to say something like this now...I'm sorry, I dont see Powell running any 9.5 second any time soon...The second he step on the track with Bolt he lost.
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Permalink Reply by Spotlight on -
to me powell just want stay in the people them mind,him a try a think.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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True....he was out of the news for a few month now...bowy, I'm sorry for him, he got all the chance to really prove himself..
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Grant on -
Powel u a mi doops and mi rate u. But it will be hard to beat bolts record.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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Thats what I say but him have to try, maybe Powell have one last trick or just one more record in him. Well, the season soon start, we will see. I hope they dont eat too much and get too fat over the holiday.
Christopher Grant said:Powel u a mi doops and mi rate u. But it will be hard to beat bolts record.
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