hes fast but the way he runs makes him look slow..either way hes fast as hell he got the record despite slowing up at the end anif he had ran full speed al the way he could probably have got 9:70 NICE JOB ASAFA!!
@junmun123 I think he means the way asafa moves ( relaxed, easy going ) makes it look like he is not going fast. It's because of this relaxation his time was so fast. after 70-75 meters you cannot accelerate anymore, the more relaxer yet powerfull you run the better the time will become. yet he slowed down ofcourse so time could have been even better
@TheDuncan1987 oh i see, i get it now, so once top speed is reached, it is impossible to accelerate or speed up even more right?? no wonder people who tense up and look like they are running fast actually end up running a slow time because they are wasting all the energy tensing their facial/neck muscles when they should really put the effort into their running and maintaining their speed instead.
¡que porquería de raza blanca! ni un blanco en las finales de 100 m,200m lisos.¡que vergüenza!Los blanquitos con esos músculos gelatinosos,gomosos,blanditos.Con esa densidad osea menor...
La raza negra es la superior.¡Que potencia!son de roca,
Los blanquitos-blanditos al agua, como los besugos.Los nadadores,amorfos,Iam thorpe con un 56 de pie-que asco-Michael Phelps con unos brazos largos y desproporcionados-como los monos-y un largo etc.Ya que en tierra no pueden ,¡al agua pato!Basura racial.
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well uh im 18 now and can run the 100 ms in about 10.7 seconds. dont know if thats any good, just decided to throw that out there since everyone else is stating their times n shit
well uh im 18 now and can run the 100 ms in about 10.7 seconds. dont know if thats any good, just decided to throw that out there since everyone else is stating their times n shit
I ran 10.99 at the age of 16 after a lot of hard training. So it is possible to get a good time early on. All you couch potatoes who are abusing teh results stated by people here, i have one thing to say to you lose some weight fattys and you'll run just as quick ;)
bdbdbdaaaaa is stupid...mo greene had the fastest human spedd ever recorded (29.3mph)...powell has the fastest acceleration ever (2.1 seconds to top speed)...tyson gay is an ass
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did u know asafa powell is the fastest out of the blocks but tyson gay is the fastest speed ever recorded. tysoon isnt quick out of blocks but when he gets his speed up he just cruises past powell if powell isnt too far ahead.
is it just me or did he take off like a cannon. that is the fastest take off i've ever seen, stop the video about 10 meters into the run and look at how far ahead asafa is. Damn, with that kind of takeoff who cares about finishing.
Dont listen to them. It completely possible. After training heaps i ran 10.99 at the age of 16 for 100m. A lot of people can run that quick at the age of 14, doesn't mean that you will get to the olympics.
i think he will better this record - i have definately seen him start faster - and it seems he jogged the last 2 metres or so (sounds pathetic, but if he spritned it = faster time) - and i agree, SOME athletes are drug free and i feel hes one of them - he has a body BUILT for sprinting - tall, long, muscley etc..
The Jamaican track team is and always has been steroid free. Unlike US track, we run for national pride, not individual accolades, and there is no pride in a steroid-enhanced win.
Marion Jones finally decided to admit her steroid abuse. Like I said, just because you are not caught in the act, does not mean you are not doing it. How many need to get caught before people get out of the dream world and acknowledge what you need to do to compete at that level? Why regulate that event? It's a waste of time and obviously the testing is not 100 percent.
tyson gay ain't on no steroids, if you notice tyson gay dosen't have a good start but he still has the best top speed, if gay could get off before powell he'd win. when asafa powell ran a 9.77 for the 3rd time i beieve tyson gay was catchinh him so imagine if gay woulda been beside him he could have ran like 9.75 or 9.74 hiself. and he actually has a time of 9.76
yeah your right, powell let up in the last 5 or 10. but easing up as powell did was a bigger handicap than the bad start gay had and he still beat gay's time by 2 tenths
you have to be one of the most pessimistic, cynics I've ever heard Brad. Is it impossible fo you to just praise this guy and say he's an amazing athlete, rather than just make unspported claims that he's drug doping
Don't confuse pessimistic with realistic. Just because someone is not caught in the act, does not mean they are not doing it. All of those 100m sprinters are amazing athletes, but to be number 1 out of those amazing athletes, it comes down to who becomes the fastest while taking drugs.
The guy is running clean, you are bad mouthing the sport. If you dont have anything good to say Shut up. Where in Jamaica do you get "brad type undetectable steroids"
I guess you believe in Santa Claus too. You are a fool if you believe that 100M runners competing at that level are not on performance enhancing drugs.
Are you saying Jamaicans are so backwards that they cannot get their hands on Steroids? Continue believing that these guys are clean in your little Santa Claus world.
It is not about the availability of drugs overseas its the need to win. The best Jamaican Athletes dont need to break records to win hearts. Its a natural talent in The Caribbean, more predominant in Jamaica. So check your facts before you make an unsupported claim or allegation. Santa Claus is underlines your grounds for such stupid baseless allegations
It almost seems like because Asafa Powell is Jamaican, you feel that he is a natural athlete, which just sounds ridiculous. Keep believing that he is all natural. I too would hate for the truth to come out.
its not a feeling its the truth. Jamaicans have higher than normal occurrences of fast twitch muscle fibers and nerves thus the number of sprinters per capita.Your so pessimistic do you plan on waking up in the morning. Or are you too smart for us mere animated clay. Get off your bullshit high zebra and integrate with humanity and reality. you make communication rhetorical.
Jamaican sprinters have just recently started to perform better than second or third place. So were their muscles just not twitching fast enough 5 or 6 years ago? Like I said, continue to believe that these sprinters are clean, if it makes you sleep better at night.
See how much you know about Jamaican athletes run a search on Arthur wint, herb McKinley, George rhoden, Donald quarrie and Shutyour Piehole. Most jamaican athletes up to 8 years ago did there pro work in the Us and never got to that winning edge steroid so They felt more honour in silver and bronze or getting to the finals. Only to be beaten by a bunch Steroid filled, rapidly disintegrating Americans now not all Americans are on steroids or detected steroids.
See how much I know about Jamaican atheletes? You just confirmed exactly what I commented on. Which Jamaican 100M sprinter was coming first place 5 or 6 years ago? That's right, none.
If I am a bodybuilder on steroids and you are just a bodybuilder, who do you think will be bigger and stronger after 2 years. (ME) If I am a pro sprinter on steroids and you are just a pro sprinter, who will be faster after 2 years. (ME)
O my Goodness man such derrière. Your telling me that you can mask a evolution on NOS(Nitrous Oxide)as a formula 1 car and keep up with the race. You don't get faster training on steroids you get it just helps you do the same thing easier not necessarily faster
There are steroids for strength, endurance, recovery, speed, etc... We are in the year 2007. If you want speed, there are specific steroids to take, unfortunately some make your body excessively tight, which is why Ben Johnson did not like Stanozolol, he prefered Furazabol. Steroids nowadays are far more superior to the Steroids from back in the 80's. Even insulin (non-steroid drug) enhances your performance and that is 100% undetectable.
Ben Johnson juiced to the maximum runs 9.79. Justin Gatlin runs 9.77 and gets caught. Asafa Powell runs 9.74 smoking both steroid records. It is ridiculous and not logical. If it does not make sense, you know as well as I do that it is not true.
Ben Johnson, Linford Christie, Carl Lewis among many others were all heavy steroid users. Do you honestly think that Asafa Powell and even Tyson Gay are able to beat their times because they have some sort of magical mystical gift? The gift is drugs. I don't know why they even bother regulating the event as they are all juicing.
just say powell is one of those lucky ones, usain bolt and veronica cambell all from well know schools, so its not about steroids or other drugs, it's all about you enviroment, natural athletics and training..... i know for a fact, USA likes to blow up shit, so if he had any drugs in is system, we would know by know
Asafa does not wake up in the morning and say to himself "I can't wait to win hearts today". Let's be realistic, he thinks "I need to get a pay cheque". The only way to get a nice fat paycheque as a professional sprinter is to pop off a plastic nipple and inject yourself.
But It takes talent to do what Asafa has been doing consistently for the last 3+ years. It started at 10.10, then 10.01, then 9.99, then 9.95, then 9.91, then 9.8's now 9.7's and no one in recorded history has gone below 9.8 with legal wind more or equal
So I guess your going to tell me next that he is no longer running 10.10 because he is training really hard now and has finally decided after all these years to start listening to the coach more? What a bunch of foolishness.
before you suggest your theory, go do some home work... not because jamaicans was not running below 10 sec in the past on international level means that there were'nt run jamaicans in jamaica who could not run below ten.
in fact right now i can bet that there or others down there who are faster than powell, the only problem is that it all depends an the high school they go to, if its not in the ONES ATTENDING high school champs, they don't get to show there proformance, and thats a problem for 3/4 of kids down there
Rieti is a special track...It is only 400meters of altitude but it feels much more...And there are all the conditions to go fast..Often national records are broken there...
Awesome run but for all those who think Powell would prefer the World Record to a World or Olympic title - get real!!!! Win one of those and you will ALWAYS be a World and/or Olympic champion. You are only a World record holder until someone comes along and breaks it - then where are you in the history books, eh???!
Apparently, you know very little about track.Because those who make history are those who break reccords...so when people will recall the histroy of the 100m his name will be mentioned at least 4 times...And many more to come..
Naaah... trust me, as generations move on, the human race will eventually evolve to get faster, and faster, and faster.. over time, world records get broken, and with medical and genetic advances in time, we'll be left in the dust by the newer generations.
44 Strides for the 9.74 run.. jogging the last 7-8 strides.. a faster time is easily in his reach! In his final where he ran 9.78 he ran 45 strides. His world record is also due to the altitude of the track, the higher the track in altitude the easier it is to run fast, increasing your time up to 0.12 or 0.18 seconds!
Less oxygen perhaps, but an athlete only takes 1 or 2 breaths during the 100m sprint. the air at higher altitue is less turgid and molecules pass through it easier, therfor making it EASIER for movement, however it is harder for repiration
i dont think powell will run below 9.6 but he will get below 9.74 no question. but if he tried to keep the same strenght at the end i dont think he would. he has to loosen out at the end because otherwise he'll tighten up and bust a nerve, or worse his spine. what i mean is that he cant run flat out for the whole race but he will beat that record again.
Asafa powell has a good chance to run in the region of 9.65-9.70 because when he ran 9.74 he eased up near the end of the race. to all those people saying he will be able to run 9.5 .. lets get real people... asafa is fast but not that fast.
Yeah I don't think any human being will ever reach 9.5. Powell is going to break his world record though and I hope he does it at the Beijing games. I could see him going maybe 6.68 or 6.67 at the very fastest.
Powell and Gay are both very fast. Powell just has a much better start. In every race they have been in together Gay has had a miserable start and had to play catch-up. He always seems to be catching up and just runs out of track, which just goes to show that he has more top end speed with slow acceleration.
If he didn't slow down I think he could have gained about 0.02 or 0.03 seconds at max. However I've read that at the final (always in Rieti) he ran in 9.78 with 0.0 m/s wind. If he had +1.7 m/s in that occasion he would have bettered the record further for sure.
You ever noticed how the last three world record holders in this distance, not including Justin Gatlin or Tim Montgomery, are bald headed? That must be the 'in' thing now and it helps you break world recors. lol, just kidding!
If Gay and his agent really were confident he was faster, they would race Powell on the upcoming Asian circuit, instead of telling meet organizers to make Powell run the 200, unless they are willing to pay an outrageous fee to compensate Gay for having to race Powell in the 100 meters. Powell states he will race Gay tommorow. Gay's people say they have to see $ signs to race Powell. Seems like somebody is scared to me
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell failed in his bid for a second 100 meters world record in less than a week although he still powered his way to victory at the Van Damme Golden League meeting on Friday.
Powell, who broke his own world record with a time of 9.74 seconds in Italy last Sunday, finished in 9.84 after a restart following a mistake by Briton Marlon Devonish out of the blocks.
asafa powell is a choke artist , everytime he is in a race with some one just as fast he chokes everytime, he was no where in sight when it mattered at the world championships
I see there are some Powell haters on here. Powell beat Maurice Greene twice when Powell was only 20 years old. He owns Tyson Gay in head to head matches at least 5 wins to 1. Gay hasn't ran close to his fastest times with wind legal settings. As a matter of fact Powell has run faster with less wind. Gay needed a +2.2 to run 9.76. Powell ran 9.74 with a +1.7. Powell's 9.78 with 0 wind is more impressive than any of Gay's 100m times period.
Yeah he beat Greene in 2 races in Europe in 2004, by 6/100th of a second and 1/100th of a second. My question to you, "Enstein" compare both Greene and Powell at the same age 24/25 years old; How many titles does Greene hold over Powell? 4 World Championships to huh, NOTHING! Hell if you even want to include Greene's Goodwill Games victory of same people he beat for his 1st world title in 1998, than you can say 5 to 0!
What about Young? At least Young won gold AND set the WR which has now stood for 15 years. He also won a World championship. We we're talking headcases like Asafa Powell, can't compete under pressure.
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InvestmentsCostaRica 11 months ago
waay better than the englidh commentator
TYPHOONATHLETE96 2 years ago 4
100m 9秒多= = 變態
kobehowzen 2 years ago
wow u gotta love commentators like these
starz002 2 years ago 6
hes fast but the way he runs makes him look slow..either way hes fast as hell he got the record despite slowing up at the end anif he had ran full speed al the way he could probably have got 9:70 NICE JOB ASAFA!!
pinto90210 2 years ago 9
@pinto90210 wat do u mean by "the way he runs makes him look slow"??
junmun123 9 months ago
@junmun123 I think he means the way asafa moves ( relaxed, easy going ) makes it look like he is not going fast. It's because of this relaxation his time was so fast. after 70-75 meters you cannot accelerate anymore, the more relaxer yet powerfull you run the better the time will become. yet he slowed down ofcourse so time could have been even better
TheDuncan1987 2 months ago
@TheDuncan1987 oh i see, i get it now, so once top speed is reached, it is impossible to accelerate or speed up even more right?? no wonder people who tense up and look like they are running fast actually end up running a slow time because they are wasting all the energy tensing their facial/neck muscles when they should really put the effort into their running and maintaining their speed instead.
junmun123 2 months ago
hes fast but it looks slow
aqshadowlord 3 years ago
really strange
KikujiroChan 3 years ago
@aqshadowlord it looks fast gatlin looks slow
fightjunge24 1 year ago
¡que porquería de raza blanca! ni un blanco en las finales de 100 m,200m lisos.¡que vergüenza!Los blanquitos con esos músculos gelatinosos,gomosos,blanditos.Con esa densidad osea menor...
La raza negra es la superior.¡Que potencia!son de roca,
Los blanquitos-blanditos al agua, como los besugos.Los nadadores,amorfos,Iam thorpe con un 56 de pie-que asco-Michael Phelps con unos brazos largos y desproporcionados-como los monos-y un largo etc.Ya que en tierra no pueden ,¡al agua pato!Basura racial.
losorigenes 3 years ago
dude... he guy runs so relaxed.
jacksonflashman 3 years ago 4
op het laatste houdt hij zich precies in :(
juniormoerman 3 years ago
the 100m are so hot as never in history... Powell Gay and Bolts.
May the fastest win
magily 3 years ago 4
Both him and bolt are in the olympics for jamaica in the 100m. bolt ran a qualifying time of 9.85 and powell ran a disappointing time of 9.97.
trackstar801 3 years ago
does an1 know if he is going to be in the olympics this year i know bolt is it would be cool if they go face to face, the 2 world record holders.
bamspamham 3 years ago
but only bolt has a world record =)
ryannd8 3 years ago
looks slow :(
himpula999 3 years ago
we want the new record of the world of asafa,he can do 9.70
SULF6HC 3 years ago
The only reason I can see slowing down is because this might have been a heat before another race, but reguardless I would run every race to the best...
bliss1083 3 years ago
ytf did he slow down at the end
d0xit0 3 years ago 2
just think what time he could have done if he had ran through the line. why the fuck did he slow down at the end of that race.
AB5309 3 years ago
WOw... that would be a 9.69 or 9.70 secs. Amazing, if he wouldn't slowed down in the last 15 meters.
sequiaonda78 3 years ago
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i got 9.8 and im 13
levathon9 3 years ago
Hahahaha. Yeah right.
sequiaonda78 3 years ago
shut the fuck up u dumass... i think u mean 10m
d0xit0 3 years ago
lol 37kmh thats astounding
dirtyDielo 3 years ago
noticed that he slowed down the last few meters.
BarrieStylez 3 years ago
coz he knew he wud win and had the record.
strawberrishake 3 years ago
coz it was tha heat ....... he was savin energy 4 the final....he ran 9.77 in tha i think
7777778888888 3 years ago
hey, I'm seven months old and I can run the 100 in 9.89, so I'm pretty close.
Powell is a powerhouse. If he had Gay's top speed, he would be untouchable.
whitel1ghtning 3 years ago
did he slow down about 10-15 metres before the finish?! he could have maybe shaved off some more time if he pushed all the way
devilwarr1or 3 years ago
hey im 13 and i can run the 100 in 10.3 yah 10.3 my ass
vivalababe59 3 years ago 4
im 14 and my record is 10
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alejaperu 3 years ago
amazing it didn't even look like he ran all the way through either it looked like he strolled through the line crazy.
Iamthe1andon1y 3 years ago
Bravo Powell!
shootgoats 3 years ago 2
cee 9.74 e negli ultimi metri era anke tranquillo!!! mado ke mito!!! troppo bravo!!! atletica the best!!!!
minzighini 3 years ago
well uh im 18 now and can run the 100 ms in about 10.7 seconds. dont know if thats any good, just decided to throw that out there since everyone else is stating their times n shit
dual89 3 years ago
i'm 13 n my record is 10.3 secs!!!!
i'm close!!
CrystalMuzzy 3 years ago
if ur that fast n ur nt runnin for england u need to be in an athletics club fast.
if u r tht fast...
is ur name in the athletics times list for the year?
statik2k9 3 years ago
i'm nt in england
CrystalMuzzy 3 years ago
well uh im 18 now and can run the 100 ms in about 10.7 seconds. dont know if thats any good, just decided to throw that out there since everyone else is stating their times n shit
dual89 3 years ago
dude i run the 100m in 11.56 at age 14 but my season starts in 3 weeks and that time is goin down.
lilmogreene 3 years ago
10.99? that sucks...
philipkrupka 3 years ago
It will go to a jamaican, but not to jamaica.
olympicrodriguez 3 years ago
I ran 10.99 at the age of 16 after a lot of hard training. So it is possible to get a good time early on. All you couch potatoes who are abusing teh results stated by people here, i have one thing to say to you lose some weight fattys and you'll run just as quick ;)
123ATOM321 3 years ago
He is amazing - no doubt about that =D
7cathy7 3 years ago
mate you should see running from police, its not pretty but im pretty quick
azabee1 3 years ago
I don't think I can drive my car 100m in that time!!!! Gotta take my hat off to the lad. He's fast!!!
5teve0h 3 years ago
bdbdbdaaaaa is stupid...mo greene had the fastest human spedd ever recorded (29.3mph)...powell has the fastest acceleration ever (2.1 seconds to top speed)...tyson gay is an ass
82THEKING07 3 years ago
holy fucking shit what just happened??
quick is deadly...
asafa powell 4 president
MorCilinho 4 years ago 2
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did u know asafa powell is the fastest out of the blocks but tyson gay is the fastest speed ever recorded. tysoon isnt quick out of blocks but when he gets his speed up he just cruises past powell if powell isnt too far ahead.
bdbdbdaaaaaaaaaa 4 years ago
is it just me or did he take off like a cannon. that is the fastest take off i've ever seen, stop the video about 10 meters into the run and look at how far ahead asafa is. Damn, with that kind of takeoff who cares about finishing.
diamepiece 4 years ago 3
That take off is insane! I think thats the secret to his speed cuz it looks like after 45 meters he just cruises on momentum.
olympicrodriguez 4 years ago
what a fantastic body he has, i want to have it hahahaha
nicoo2k 4 years ago
shut up
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shut me up if you can
nicoo2k 4 years ago
thank you
estabon24 4 years ago
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blood doping is getting really good!
garicmidknight 4 years ago
very nice pitty he didnt try in the end, he stoped running again
Raxthor 4 years ago
legal wind too lol nice
drpottz 4 years ago
this commenter is way better than the british one in the other video.
uscgAiR 4 years ago 2
stop talking bull to those teenagers, the timing and setup will be wrong
KingMatt292 4 years ago
why does that man slow down??
if he didnt he would definately be hard to beat for generations to come but if only....
UNIONSUKZ 4 years ago
I reckon Superman could beat him in a race
MassiveAfghan 4 years ago
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i got 11.8 a year ago and im 14 :P
blackbeatlezeppeler 4 years ago
blackbeatsez ur stupid if that was ture ud be running on there you fool
pollwoll 4 years ago
no he wouldn't lol, i run 11.6 and i'm not there. but i'm also not 14.....so he's either B.S.ing or he'll run the track world in a couple years
FroMaestro 4 years ago
lol my frend wen he was 12 or 13 he ran 11.2 and broke the national reocrd
langman55 4 years ago
yeh im sure buddy, u liar
akabakagt 4 years ago
dude its tru now he is 14 and runs 11 flat hes crazy
langman55 3 years ago
Dont listen to them. It completely possible. After training heaps i ran 10.99 at the age of 16 for 100m. A lot of people can run that quick at the age of 14, doesn't mean that you will get to the olympics.
123ATOM321 3 years ago
yea i ment for he broke the record for his age jeez ppl lol
langman55 3 years ago
monton de incredulos no se han visto las caras y estas hablando, monton de niños gringos, ponganse a entrenar en ves de estar en youtbe mas bien
SebFranco 4 years ago
wieso läuft der nicht aus
dieser doper
parkchuyoung123 4 years ago
Lol im 15 and get a 12.6
I need to get faster.BADLY
mrkewl69 4 years ago
well i`m 13 andrun 11.56 in the 100m but that was 7 months ago.
ibsprintin 4 years ago
Asafa doesn't let up at the end, he's done at the end. That's why you'll never see him winning a major 200m race.
olympicrodriguez 4 years ago
I don't think so mate. You'll soon see when the next 100m Olympic gold goes to Jamaica.
Nyame30 3 years ago
12.15 seconds is this a good time for a 13 years old boy ?
fastestrunners 4 years ago
i dont think so tbh. I ran an 11.7 as a 13 y/o and i came 4th in my state here in australia, and i am presuming it is harder in america...
ryannd8 4 years ago
11.7 what state are u in?
mhaines666 4 years ago
this man is a rocket
Alltimeboxing 4 years ago
the fastest drug free man
jjt671 4 years ago 2
i think he will better this record - i have definately seen him start faster - and it seems he jogged the last 2 metres or so (sounds pathetic, but if he spritned it = faster time) - and i agree, SOME athletes are drug free and i feel hes one of them - he has a body BUILT for sprinting - tall, long, muscley etc..
superdave31 4 years ago 3
The Jamaican track team is and always has been steroid free. Unlike US track, we run for national pride, not individual accolades, and there is no pride in a steroid-enhanced win.
olympicrodriguez 4 years ago
Asafa Powell sempre e solo il migliore!
Altro che Tyson Gay !!!
mauriziointrona 4 years ago
So when does everyone think he will get caught for steroids and have to give all his medals back?
missionbrent 4 years ago
The commentary was fantastic, i think i enjoyed it more not having a fucking clue wat he was on about!
lampedkid 4 years ago
man if he didnt let up i think he probably may have had like 9.72 or even 9.7 flat
TotheXtreme21 4 years ago
i hope that was a joke ? or are you dillusional?
calais321 4 years ago
Think dat mite jus be a joke lol just a theory :P
jamzluvzloz 4 years ago
I once ran 100m in 9.62 seconds but i chose not to race as a career because it wasn't my dream.
oh8seven 4 years ago
Marion Jones finally decided to admit her steroid abuse. Like I said, just because you are not caught in the act, does not mean you are not doing it. How many need to get caught before people get out of the dream world and acknowledge what you need to do to compete at that level? Why regulate that event? It's a waste of time and obviously the testing is not 100 percent.
Bradfret 4 years ago
tyson gay een ready for powell
hotboy200764 4 years ago
tyson gay ain't on no steroids, if you notice tyson gay dosen't have a good start but he still has the best top speed, if gay could get off before powell he'd win. when asafa powell ran a 9.77 for the 3rd time i beieve tyson gay was catchinh him so imagine if gay woulda been beside him he could have ran like 9.75 or 9.74 hiself. and he actually has a time of 9.76
choppercity33 4 years ago
9.76 is gay's best. powell ran 9.74 jogging the last 20 meters! both of them running at their best, powell would destroy gay.
olympicrodriguez 4 years ago
and tyson gay ran a 9.76 with a bad take off so wtf and powell eased up at like the last 5 or 10 meters bih
choppercity33 4 years ago
yeah your right, powell let up in the last 5 or 10. but easing up as powell did was a bigger handicap than the bad start gay had and he still beat gay's time by 2 tenths
olympicrodriguez 4 years ago
he jogged the last 10meters
1Hutchinson1 4 years ago
he jogged the last 10meters
1Hutchinson1 4 years ago
Bumboclaaaaaat...... what a man fast
superionmaximus7 4 years ago 3
he starts like a bullet but he jogs for the last 50 meters. WOW!!!! is this natural????
diamepiece 4 years ago
you have to be one of the most pessimistic, cynics I've ever heard Brad. Is it impossible fo you to just praise this guy and say he's an amazing athlete, rather than just make unspported claims that he's drug doping
bingsarac9 4 years ago
Don't confuse pessimistic with realistic. Just because someone is not caught in the act, does not mean they are not doing it. All of those 100m sprinters are amazing athletes, but to be number 1 out of those amazing athletes, it comes down to who becomes the fastest while taking drugs.
Bradfret 4 years ago
Steroids work wonders don't they!
Bradfret 4 years ago
thats just what you would do BRAD.
The guy is running clean, you are bad mouthing the sport. If you dont have anything good to say Shut up. Where in Jamaica do you get "brad type undetectable steroids"
orvillegates 4 years ago
I guess you believe in Santa Claus too. You are a fool if you believe that 100M runners competing at that level are not on performance enhancing drugs.
Bradfret 4 years ago
Are you saying Jamaicans are so backwards that they cannot get their hands on Steroids? Continue believing that these guys are clean in your little Santa Claus world.
Bradfret 4 years ago
It is not about the availability of drugs overseas its the need to win. The best Jamaican Athletes dont need to break records to win hearts. Its a natural talent in The Caribbean, more predominant in Jamaica. So check your facts before you make an unsupported claim or allegation. Santa Claus is underlines your grounds for such stupid baseless allegations
orvillegates 4 years ago
It almost seems like because Asafa Powell is Jamaican, you feel that he is a natural athlete, which just sounds ridiculous. Keep believing that he is all natural. I too would hate for the truth to come out.
Bradfret 4 years ago
its not a feeling its the truth. Jamaicans have higher than normal occurrences of fast twitch muscle fibers and nerves thus the number of sprinters per capita.Your so pessimistic do you plan on waking up in the morning. Or are you too smart for us mere animated clay. Get off your bullshit high zebra and integrate with humanity and reality. you make communication rhetorical.
orvillegates 4 years ago
Jamaican sprinters have just recently started to perform better than second or third place. So were their muscles just not twitching fast enough 5 or 6 years ago? Like I said, continue to believe that these sprinters are clean, if it makes you sleep better at night.
Bradfret 4 years ago
See how much you know about Jamaican athletes run a search on Arthur wint, herb McKinley, George rhoden, Donald quarrie and Shutyour Piehole. Most jamaican athletes up to 8 years ago did there pro work in the Us and never got to that winning edge steroid so They felt more honour in silver and bronze or getting to the finals. Only to be beaten by a bunch Steroid filled, rapidly disintegrating Americans now not all Americans are on steroids or detected steroids.
orvillegates 4 years ago
See how much I know about Jamaican atheletes? You just confirmed exactly what I commented on. Which Jamaican 100M sprinter was coming first place 5 or 6 years ago? That's right, none.
Bradfret 4 years ago
If I am a bodybuilder on steroids and you are just a bodybuilder, who do you think will be bigger and stronger after 2 years. (ME) If I am a pro sprinter on steroids and you are just a pro sprinter, who will be faster after 2 years. (ME)
Bradfret 4 years ago
O my Goodness man such derrière. Your telling me that you can mask a evolution on NOS(Nitrous Oxide)as a formula 1 car and keep up with the race. You don't get faster training on steroids you get it just helps you do the same thing easier not necessarily faster
orvillegates 4 years ago
There are steroids for strength, endurance, recovery, speed, etc... We are in the year 2007. If you want speed, there are specific steroids to take, unfortunately some make your body excessively tight, which is why Ben Johnson did not like Stanozolol, he prefered Furazabol. Steroids nowadays are far more superior to the Steroids from back in the 80's. Even insulin (non-steroid drug) enhances your performance and that is 100% undetectable.
Bradfret 4 years ago
Ben Johnson juiced to the maximum runs 9.79. Justin Gatlin runs 9.77 and gets caught. Asafa Powell runs 9.74 smoking both steroid records. It is ridiculous and not logical. If it does not make sense, you know as well as I do that it is not true.
Bradfret 4 years ago
Ben Johnson, Linford Christie, Carl Lewis among many others were all heavy steroid users. Do you honestly think that Asafa Powell and even Tyson Gay are able to beat their times because they have some sort of magical mystical gift? The gift is drugs. I don't know why they even bother regulating the event as they are all juicing.
Bradfret 4 years ago
just say powell is one of those lucky ones, usain bolt and veronica cambell all from well know schools, so its not about steroids or other drugs, it's all about you enviroment, natural athletics and training..... i know for a fact, USA likes to blow up shit, so if he had any drugs in is system, we would know by know
dreadfulljamaican 4 years ago
You're right, but maybe they've started to perform better than second and third because they're catching the first place cheats.
Petrocelli07 4 years ago
Asafa does not wake up in the morning and say to himself "I can't wait to win hearts today". Let's be realistic, he thinks "I need to get a pay cheque". The only way to get a nice fat paycheque as a professional sprinter is to pop off a plastic nipple and inject yourself.
Bradfret 4 years ago
But It takes talent to do what Asafa has been doing consistently for the last 3+ years. It started at 10.10, then 10.01, then 9.99, then 9.95, then 9.91, then 9.8's now 9.7's and no one in recorded history has gone below 9.8 with legal wind more or equal
orvillegates 4 years ago
So I guess your going to tell me next that he is no longer running 10.10 because he is training really hard now and has finally decided after all these years to start listening to the coach more? What a bunch of foolishness.
Bradfret 4 years ago
before you suggest your theory, go do some home work... not because jamaicans was not running below 10 sec in the past on international level means that there were'nt run jamaicans in jamaica who could not run below ten.
dreadfulljamaican 4 years ago
in fact right now i can bet that there or others down there who are faster than powell, the only problem is that it all depends an the high school they go to, if its not in the ONES ATTENDING high school champs, they don't get to show there proformance, and thats a problem for 3/4 of kids down there
dreadfulljamaican 4 years ago
Rieti is a special track...It is only 400meters of altitude but it feels much more...And there are all the conditions to go fast..Often national records are broken there...
davidequaini 4 years ago
RECORDO EL MONDO!! RECORDO EL MONDO!!
AND he slowed down at the end! Unbelievable.
yaamahdi 4 years ago
man imagine this guy in rugby
teamtoken 4 years ago
Awesome run but for all those who think Powell would prefer the World Record to a World or Olympic title - get real!!!! Win one of those and you will ALWAYS be a World and/or Olympic champion. You are only a World record holder until someone comes along and breaks it - then where are you in the history books, eh???!
apothecary36 4 years ago
Just Incredible..
sequiaonda 4 years ago
Apparently, you know very little about track.Because those who make history are those who break reccords...so when people will recall the histroy of the 100m his name will be mentioned at least 4 times...And many more to come..
thechaineffect 4 years ago
He probably missed his peak, since he lost at the Osaka World championships...again :(
Quite sad, actually, I am not one of the "haters"...I wish Powell could get the World and the Olympics.
cannibal888 4 years ago
Powell is extremely fast but the fastest man ever is Donovan Bailey! Bailey has the highest top end speed ever recorded at at mind bending 27.3 mph!
morgansibley 4 years ago
shut up all u fucking geeks
asafa powell is the best 100m sprinter. mayb of all time...the relaxation..the strides, not american 4 once. beat dat tyson gay- gay ass
kevino999 4 years ago
dude a cheeta could barley run a 6.6 on the 100
Baller027 4 years ago
cheetahs run 3 to 4 sec
0123huey 4 years ago
Naaah... trust me, as generations move on, the human race will eventually evolve to get faster, and faster, and faster.. over time, world records get broken, and with medical and genetic advances in time, we'll be left in the dust by the newer generations.
XeroJager 4 years ago
44 Strides for the 9.74 run.. jogging the last 7-8 strides.. a faster time is easily in his reach! In his final where he ran 9.78 he ran 45 strides. His world record is also due to the altitude of the track, the higher the track in altitude the easier it is to run fast, increasing your time up to 0.12 or 0.18 seconds!
109cFrom1m 4 years ago
It is more difficult to perform at record level at high altitude, as there is less oxygen.
toyracerx 4 years ago
Less oxygen perhaps, but an athlete only takes 1 or 2 breaths during the 100m sprint. the air at higher altitue is less turgid and molecules pass through it easier, therfor making it EASIER for movement, however it is harder for repiration
109cFrom1m 4 years ago
Pazzesco
lozardellaghisolfa 4 years ago
woooo!
Deutcher12 4 years ago
i dont think powell will run below 9.6 but he will get below 9.74 no question. but if he tried to keep the same strenght at the end i dont think he would. he has to loosen out at the end because otherwise he'll tighten up and bust a nerve, or worse his spine. what i mean is that he cant run flat out for the whole race but he will beat that record again.
zv10tube 4 years ago
asafa powell you are the fastest runner you are my favorite, gay is also but you are better
loklan3 4 years ago
Asafa powell has a good chance to run in the region of 9.65-9.70 because when he ran 9.74 he eased up near the end of the race. to all those people saying he will be able to run 9.5 .. lets get real people... asafa is fast but not that fast.
000041 4 years ago
Yeah I don't think any human being will ever reach 9.5. Powell is going to break his world record though and I hope he does it at the Beijing games. I could see him going maybe 6.68 or 6.67 at the very fastest.
Chris25698 4 years ago
WAT THE FUCK !!!! 6.68 ! are you completely mad . Thats 3 seconds quicker than he runs now . Do you have mental problems ?
1MCmagma 4 years ago
Powell and Gay are both very fast. Powell just has a much better start. In every race they have been in together Gay has had a miserable start and had to play catch-up. He always seems to be catching up and just runs out of track, which just goes to show that he has more top end speed with slow acceleration.
inerfyr 4 years ago
Well maybe Gay is more suited to 200m because the 100m is all about fast acceleration. If Powell runs his race properly then Gay would be blown away.
Nyame30 3 years ago
If he didn't slow down I think he could have gained about 0.02 or 0.03 seconds at max. However I've read that at the final (always in Rieti) he ran in 9.78 with 0.0 m/s wind. If he had +1.7 m/s in that occasion he would have bettered the record further for sure.
scarpafranz 4 years ago
wow it looks like he really slowed down at the end there
anyone else see that?
canadiankid76 4 years ago 2
he said he can run under 9.6 secs
fLaVaProductionz 4 years ago
You ever noticed how the last three world record holders in this distance, not including Justin Gatlin or Tim Montgomery, are bald headed? That must be the 'in' thing now and it helps you break world recors. lol, just kidding!
Wookie325 4 years ago
If Gay and his agent really were confident he was faster, they would race Powell on the upcoming Asian circuit, instead of telling meet organizers to make Powell run the 200, unless they are willing to pay an outrageous fee to compensate Gay for having to race Powell in the 100 meters. Powell states he will race Gay tommorow. Gay's people say they have to see $ signs to race Powell. Seems like somebody is scared to me
J2thaDee 4 years ago
how many titles has this bum powell won??? none
bakaroba2002 4 years ago
how many records has he set??? TWO!
diamepiece 4 years ago
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell failed in his bid for a second 100 meters world record in less than a week although he still powered his way to victory at the Van Damme Golden League meeting on Friday.
Powell, who broke his own world record with a time of 9.74 seconds in Italy last Sunday, finished in 9.84 after a restart following a mistake by Briton Marlon Devonish out of the blocks.
keauno2003 4 years ago
asafa powell is a choke artist , everytime he is in a race with some one just as fast he chokes everytime, he was no where in sight when it mattered at the world championships
bakaroba2002 4 years ago
I see there are some Powell haters on here. Powell beat Maurice Greene twice when Powell was only 20 years old. He owns Tyson Gay in head to head matches at least 5 wins to 1. Gay hasn't ran close to his fastest times with wind legal settings. As a matter of fact Powell has run faster with less wind. Gay needed a +2.2 to run 9.76. Powell ran 9.74 with a +1.7. Powell's 9.78 with 0 wind is more impressive than any of Gay's 100m times period.
J2thaDee 4 years ago
Yeah he beat Greene in 2 races in Europe in 2004, by 6/100th of a second and 1/100th of a second. My question to you, "Enstein" compare both Greene and Powell at the same age 24/25 years old; How many titles does Greene hold over Powell? 4 World Championships to huh, NOTHING! Hell if you even want to include Greene's Goodwill Games victory of same people he beat for his 1st world title in 1998, than you can say 5 to 0!
jrussell04 4 years ago
If you look at it that way it's true...but Asafa is happy for now, leave it at that. He said he wouldn't trade the record for anything.
ThomasRiekki 4 years ago
Tyson gay eat ur heart out!!
gtamadness 4 years ago
yute why being mad mind
javauh 4 years ago
he cud have got 9.5 if he really pushed at the end
Familyguylover555 4 years ago
he slowed down at the end too!
sexyeamo 4 years ago
è il migliore!!!
LuzzaTSM 4 years ago
*but
lamestguyintown 4 years ago
his run dosent look that fast ..bit since its ET there should not be a mistake
lamestguyintown 4 years ago
haha 9 flat, are you kidding, he pulled up yeah, but not 0.74...even though it looked like he backed off a bit he wouldn't of lost hardly any speed
14263 4 years ago
it looks like he slowed down before the finish line. Wft?
PurpleFist 4 years ago
which proves he can probaby go 9 flat, of something as fast as that :)
sorenbraybrook 4 years ago
and again, asafa still got a medal at WC. think about how much of achievement that still is.
dafydd3946 4 years ago
Gay is a better competitor. Asafa is fastest. plain and simple. times show it.
dafydd3946 4 years ago
he got a great start. why did he finish so slowly. he could've gotten way lower probably 9.6
diamepiece 4 years ago
Dude we've had a really long conversation here and it led to Young. I'm a huge Asafa fan! and btw Young also has a world record :P
ThomasRiekki 4 years ago
What about Young? At least Young won gold AND set the WR which has now stood for 15 years. He also won a World championship. We we're talking headcases like Asafa Powell, can't compete under pressure.
broadjumper1 4 years ago