Bolt, Powell to meet over 100m
2008-07-04 07:35
Eugene - Jamaican world record holder Usain Bolt and former holder Asafa Powell will meet in a 100m showdown at Stockholm on July 22, organisers and their managers said on Thursday.
"It should be an interesting match-up," meeting director Rajne Soderberg said in a telephone interview from Stockholm.
The Super Grand Prix meeting will probably be the last
between the world's two fastest men before a likely showdown at
the Olympics. Bolt was an easy winner over Powell in the
Jamaican championships last weekend, clocking 9.85 seconds to
Powell's 9.97 seconds.
World 200m silver medallist Bolt, who lowered Powell's
100m record to 9.72 seconds in May, will run 200m races in Athens and London ahead of the Games.
Powell could have as many as five 100m races before
Beijing. He will meet American world champion Tyson Gay in
London and will also race in Rome. Paris and Monaco are other
possibilities.
- Reuters