World record holder Asafa Powell sped to a world leading victory in 9.97 seconds to capture the 100 metres at the Artur Takac Memorial in Serbia yesterday evening. In the top performance of the night, Powell outgunned a pair of Caribbean colleagues and was very pleased to deliver the sub-10 clocking he was hoping for in front of 15,000 fans at Partizan Stadium.
"Of course I'm satisfied," said Powell, whose overseas season-opener had been delayed over a month because of knee trouble. "What a relief. I'm really happy to get it over with. I'm happy with it and am looking forward to bigger things," he added.
Powell, who holds the 100-metre world record at 9.77 seconds, ran conservatively from the start and quickened away from the field after about 50 metres.
He strode to a convincing win ahead of Curaçao's Churandy Martina (10.11) and his Jamaican team-mate Michael Frater (10.19).
Apart from being a 2007 world best, erasing the previous mark of 9.98 by Bahamian Derrick Atkins, Powell's time was also the fastest ever recorded in Serbia.
"It's going to be a long season, it was 9.9, so I'm very happy," Powell said after clocking the 26th sub-10 clocking of his career.
CALOSS said
03:49 05/31 2007
must reach far, real talent ,no drugs, bigup "AFASA"
bulldog said
07:20 05/31 2007
the man fst bad
Casino said
11:07 05/31 2007
how u mean asafa mek dem kno a nuh drugs do this thing.. Banana and dumpling straight
STAINLESS said
14:08 05/31 2007
@ casino....fi realz beaur sub-9 clockings .BIG UP
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 08:07 PM
World record holder Asafa Powell sped to a world leading victory in 9.97 seconds to capture the 100 metres at the Artur Takac Memorial in Serbia yesterday evening. In the top performance of the night, Powell outgunned a pair of Caribbean colleagues and was very pleased to deliver the sub-10 clocking he was hoping for in front of 15,000 fans at Partizan Stadium.
"Of course I'm satisfied," said Powell, whose overseas season-opener had been delayed over a month because of knee trouble."What a relief. I'm really happy to get it over with. I'm happy with it and am looking forward to bigger things," he added.
Powell, who holds the 100-metre world record at 9.77 seconds, ran conservatively from the start and quickened away from the field after about 50 metres.
He strode to a convincing win ahead of Curaçao's Churandy Martina (10.11) and his Jamaican team-mate Michael Frater (10.19).
Apart from being a 2007 world best, erasing the previous mark of 9.98 by Bahamian Derrick Atkins, Powell's time was also the fastest ever recorded in Serbia.
"It's going to be a long season, it was 9.9, so I'm very happy," Powell said after clocking the 26th sub-10 clocking of his career.