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.
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.
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.