2017 Doha Diaries: Asafa Powell wants his 100th sub 10 second 100 meters to happen in Jamaica

Asafa Powell, photo by PhotoRun.net

KINGSTON (JAM): Asafa Powell has said one of his aims this year is to record his 100th sub-10 100m performance of his career, informs the Jamaica Observer. “It’s a world championship season and I am preparing for it. I have a few Diamond Leagues to attend, this week I will be running in Doha, and I am trying to get my 100th sub-10 as well — that’s one of the main focus this year,” he said. Powell has recorded 97 sub-10 second 100m times (per Tilastopaja) and is hoping to set his 100th on home soil in Kingston on 20 May. “Definitely here in Jamaica is where I want to get it done. I am saving it for Jamaica.”

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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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