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    Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between...
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    and Asafa Powell, Bolt broke another world and Olympic record, their 37.10 s finish breaking the previous record by three-tenths of a second. Powell, who...
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  • the club. In late 2001 Asafa Powell an athlete with a personal best of 10.70 joined the club. In the years to come Asafa Powell smashed the 100 m world...
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    two by pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and a tied 100 metres record by Asafa Powell in 2006. Although Gateshead International Stadium primarily caters for...
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    man of all time, behind fellow Jamaicans Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell, Americans Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman, Trayvon Bromell...
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    sub-10-second 100 m at the Stockholm Grand Prix, finishing second to Asafa Powell with a 9.97 s, and beating Michael Johnson's British all-comers 200 m...
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  • Wishbone Ash Andy Powell (rugby) (born 1981), Welsh rugby union internationalist Annie Powell Welsh Communist politician Asafa Powell (born 1982), Jamaican...
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    prizes from that time. By that time, however, it had been surpassed by Asafa Powell.[1] Justin Gatlin was briefly credited with a new world record time of...
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  • metres and 100 metres events. He is the brother of Asafa Powell, a former 100 m world record holder. Powell had his first successes at the CARIFTA Games, where...
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    (MAR) 2004: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA) 2008: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2009: Usain Bolt (JAM)...
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    record, despite never having participated in the 60 m indoor event. Asafa Powell ran a 6.32 seconds split, while clocking only 6.44 seconds in the 60...
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    drug trafficking charges. The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77. Ben Johnson ran 9.79 (+1.1 m/s) at the Olympics in Seoul...
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  • the Asafa Powell Foundation to the government to rename the school to the Asafa Powell High School, after the former 100m world record holder, Asafa Powell...
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    sub-10-second runs (52) in the 100m, tied with Usain Bolt and only surpassed by Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin. Following his track career he has become an ambassador...
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  • August 2023. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9.37: Asafa Powell also ran 9.09+ (2010), 9.26+ (2015), 9.27+ (2013). Charles Greene also...
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    last months before the World Championship: former world record holder Asafa Powell, Olympic finalist Churandy Martina and emerging sprinters Daniel Bailey...
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    competitor at the senior level: he took third place behind Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell and improved his personal best with a 10-second barrier-breaking run...
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    history (Bolt, Gay, Blake, Powell and Gatlin) all competed; and 7 of the 8 men ran in under 10 seconds, with only Asafa Powell finished in (11.99) after...
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    27 Asafa Powell Yohan Blake Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt  Jamaica 19 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro 5 37.31 Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell...
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    meter title at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, along with Asafa Powell of Jamaica, who broke the 100m world record. Gatlin won the 100/200 double...
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  • Usain Bolt himself Pelé himself Neymar himself Serena Williams herself Asafa Powell himself Sebastian himself Ziggy Marley himself Nas with voice Glen Mills...
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    predecessor as world record holder Asafa Powell; and the equal second fastest man in history, Yohan Blake, were favourites. Powell had been on the 2008 winning...
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    the straightaway sprint, behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin and joint with Christian Coleman and Trayvon Bromell...
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    is named. Award winners include Kanchan Amatya, Georgina Lara Booth, Asafa Powell, Christy Zakarias, Angelo Cardona, and Aishwarya Sridhar. Rgillam (2017-01-17)...
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    Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Deon Hemmings-McCatty Shericka Jackson Asafa Powell Donald Quarrie Molly Rhone Khadija Shaw Elaine Thompson-Herah JAMAICA'S...
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  • 9.91 seconds. He is the second cousin of former world record holder Asafa Powell. Atkins is now a head coach for the women's Track and field team at Utah...
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    Fernando Alonso ( ESP) – Formula One Fabio Cannavaro ( ITA) – football Asafa Powell ( JAM) – athletics Michael Schumacher ( GER) – Formula One Tiger Woods...
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  • Plummer Deneisha Blackwood Melvin Brown (Jamaican father) Khadija Shaw Asafa Powell Robin Fraser Colorado Murray Cory Burke Chavany Willis Keithy Simpson...
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    (MAR) 2004: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA) 2008: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2009: Usain Bolt (JAM)...
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    won the 100 m in 10.18 at the JAAA National Championships, succeeding Asafa Powell as Jamaica National Champion. He and his brother Lindel are the only...
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