Athletics Powell to be ready for world trials

He must finish in the top three against a high quality field to make the Jamaican team for the world championships.


Reuters June 08, 2011 Less than a minute read

KINGSTON: Former 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell has returned home to Jamaica and should be ready for the country's world championships trials after a weekend scare, confirmed his manager. Powell pulled out after just 20 metres of a 100-metre race in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday after feeling a cramp in his right lower hamstring. But his manager Paul Doyle said it was just a precaution and he planend to run in the Jamaican trials in Kingston from June 23-26. "He feels no pain or tightness in the leg and should be all set for the trails," said Doyle. Powell must finish in the top three against a high quality field to make the Jamaican team for the world championships in Daegu, South Korea, starting in August.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2011.

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