Powell romps home in Brussels 100m
Sunday, 6 September 2009
BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (AFP): Asafa Powell of Jamaica saw off US rivals Tyson Gay and Darvis Patton to win the 100m at the Brussels Golden League meeting on Friday.
With world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sitting out the distance in order to focus on the 200m later in the evening, his compatriot Powell sped to victory in 9.90sec, ahead of Gay (10.00) and Patton (10.08).
At last month's worlds in Berlin, former world record holder Powell had come in third behind Bolt and Gay.
"I ran a good race - the start especially was good," said Powell.
"I even set off too quickly - I gave it a lot over the first 20-30 metres, then I kept it going," he explained.
"This new track is really fast. Unfortunately, the rain which fell just before the race affected us," he added.
Gay slammed his own poor start.
"I completely messed up my start - and that made it really difficult to get into my stride," he complained.
With world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sitting out the distance in order to focus on the 200m later in the evening, his compatriot Powell sped to victory in 9.90sec, ahead of Gay (10.00) and Patton (10.08).
At last month's worlds in Berlin, former world record holder Powell had come in third behind Bolt and Gay.
"I ran a good race - the start especially was good," said Powell.
"I even set off too quickly - I gave it a lot over the first 20-30 metres, then I kept it going," he explained.
"This new track is really fast. Unfortunately, the rain which fell just before the race affected us," he added.
Gay slammed his own poor start.
"I completely messed up my start - and that made it really difficult to get into my stride," he complained.