Asafa Powell, 2011 Shanghai DL, photo by PhotoRun.net
Per agent Paul Doyle, off twitter, Asafa probably had a cramp in his hamstring and slowed it down rather than injure himself. With the Jamaican champs three weeks from now, we wish Asafa a very speedy recovery.
05/06/2011
Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athlétisme
Rabat, 05/06/2011
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.5 m/s
1 Ouhadi , Aziz MAR 10.27
2 Obikwelu , Francis POR 10.31
3 Emelieze , Peter NGR 10.40
4 Egwero , Ogho-Oghene NGR 10.41
5 Magakwe , Simon RSA 10.42
6 Meité , Ben Youssef CIV 10.45
7 Powell , Asafa JAM 36.13
Bouchakour , Abdelhadi ALG DQ
200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.7 m/s
1 Borlée , Jonathan BEL 20.42
2 Waugh , Ainsley JAM 20.52
3 Boase , Jordan USA 20.52
4 Anderson , Marvin JAM 20.59
5 Seoud , Amr Ibrahim Mostafa EGY 20.71
6 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 20.72
7 Hession , Paul IRL 20.87
8 Idrissi Zougari , Khalid MAR 21.45
400 Metres – Men
1 Gordon , Lalonde TRI 45.51
2 Collazo , William CUB 45.57
3 Rooney , Martyn GBR 46.19
4 Greene , David GBR 46.29
5 Hurtault , Erison DMA 46.38
6 Sanford , Donald USA 46.72
7 Rahmani , Miloud ALG 47.07
8 El-Maadadi , Marouane MAR 47.22
1000 Metres – Men
1 Laalou , Amine MAR 2:15.31
2 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 2:15.76
3 Al-Azemi , Mohammad KUW 2:15.84
4 Ismail , Ismail Ahmed SUD 2:18.15
5 Rono , Geoffrey Kipkoech KEN 2:18.30
6 Okken , Arnoud NED 2:18.60
7 Kinyor , Job KEN 2:18.87
8 Mikhou , Seddik MAR 2:22.28
El Amine , Mohcine MAR DNF
1500 Metres – Men
1 Cheboi , Collins KEN 3:33.82
2 Mekhissi-Benabbad , Mahiedine FRA 3:33.86
3 Elkaam , Fouad MAR 3:34.01
4 Iguider , Abdalaati
Author
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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