Powell under 9 "80?

Jamaican Asafa Powell, who probably saw its best season in its 28th year, is expected to swallow the 100 meters in under 9'80 at the fourth stage of the Diamond League, Thursday night in Rome with the auspices of the heat.

The bronze medalist of the Beijing Games has a good comparison: the world best (MPM), established on May 27 in Ostrava in 9 sec 83 facing a headwind (-0.5 m / s) in cold and on a wet runway. Powell has since confirmed his great form with a time of 9 sec 72 in Oslo last Friday, this time driven by a slightly too favorable wind (2.1m / s).
"The difference this season? I have not been injured"Said the athlete from St. Catherine who had also lost 5 pounds after giving up grilled chicken, the national dish. And Powell is not as strong as in the absence of his compatriot Usain Bolt, the 'Fastest Man (9.58) of history, and American Tyson Gay, although he admits that, "With them, there is obviously more glamorous. The main event will also apply to the presence of young French Christophe LemaitreWhich could be the first white under 10 seconds on the eve of its 20th anniversary.

Robles evokes the world record:
Cuba's Dayron Robles took her dose of shine since arriving in Europe. But like Powell, is in the rain in Ostrava he made his reference race season start. A time of 13 "12 which, in good weather, is well worth his world record (12.87)."The record could fall at any time", Has also dropped the Olympic 110m hurdles. The ladies of the height is 23 years old, works at the stadio Olimpico precisely the Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova. Croatia's Blanka Vlasic is the nearest bar fateful 2.09 m. The problem is that the grasshopper Split has not yet reached the peak of his condition and found the runway Roman "Too soft" his taste.
Besides, the world champion should already assuring victory, not easy to face the American Chaunte Howard Lowe, who moved up to 2.04 m this year. "The secret of my progress, maybe the birth of my daughter, " Chaunte said the frail, also remarkable length (6.61 m), point to double in the next championships in the United States. America is the kingdom of launch weight, discipline in vogue in the "Colleges". "Tomorrow night we'll make it an event"Said world champion Christian Cantwell. And the forecastle (1.98 m/145 kg) Missouri laughed yellow does not make use of his power when his countryman Dwight Phillips, star of the length, has chambered in a press conference.