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Powell lowers world 100m record to 9.74 sec
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-10 09:06
RIETI, Italy - Asafa Powell showed he had recovered from his
disappointing third place at the world championships by breaking his 100
metres world record with a time of 9.74 seconds on Sunday.
Asafa Powell of Jamaica celebrates after setting the new world record in
the 100 meters at the 37 th IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti September 9,
2007. Powell lowered the world 100 meters record on Sunday with a time of
9.74 seconds. [Reuters]?
The Jamaican Commonwealth champion set the record in his heat at the
Rieti IAAF Grand Prix and then went on to win the final in 9.78.
"It is a very fast record. It is to remind my friends that Asafa is still
here," he told reporters.
Powell had previously shared the record of 9.77 with American Olympic
champion Justin Gatlin, who has been banned for doping pending the result
of an arbitration hearing.
At the Osaka world championships last month, Powell finished third in the
final behind American Tyson Gay and Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas.
The 24-year-old said at the time he had given up during the Osaka race
but would make amends by breaking his world record before the end of the
year.
"I've been with my coach and working hard to get back to normal," Powell
said on Sunday. "The last 40 metres were very strong. I executed it and
did what I came to do today."
The Jamaican, who won silver in the 100 relay in Osaka as Gay and the US
team took gold, has never won a global title.
He was disqualified for a false start in the quarter-finals of the 2003
world championships after setting the fastest time of 10.05 in the heats.
Powell finished fifth in the 2004 Olympic final behind Gatlin before
missing the 2005 worlds through injury.
However, he won the Commonwealth 100 metres title in Melbourne in 2006.
Powell initially set his previous record of 9.77 in Athens in June 2005
and went on to equal the time in June and August last year.
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