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Asafa Powell set the 100m World Record three times during his career.
Asafa Powell was the world record holder with 9.77s, he subsequently run 9.74s.
usain bolt previously asafa Powell
He never held an olympic record. He does not have any indiviual medals in the olympics. He did, however, once hold the world record at 9.77 seconds. Since it got broken first by Usian bolt in 2008, his personal best is 9.72, matching Usian Bolt's first world record time. (it was never a world record as Usian Bolt ran a 9.69 in Beijing in August and Asafa Powell did the 9.72 in September of the same year.)
Asafa Powell - World Record 9.74 - Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy - September 9 2007
Asafa Powell is a sprinter from Jamaica who has the 3rd best 100 meter performance with a time of 9.72. He has 2 bronze in the World Championship in 100 meters. He also has a gold in the Olympics in 4x100 meters (alongside Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt).
37.10 seconds by Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, and Asafa Powell of Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The time is also the current world record.
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The Fastest 100 metres dash runner is Asafa Powell (Italian)
while he has been a world class 100m runner he has lost just 1 100m race, to Asafa Powell shortly before the Beijing Olympics, 9.88 to 9.89 I think. I recall Bolt should have won, with about 10m to go, Bolt thinks Powell is too far ahead and stops running hard, he underestimates how much Powell loses ground late in the race and Powell giveing everything and dipping to the line just holds off Bolt's jogging.
I'm not exactly sure, but since I know that Usain Bolt ran a top speed of 27.9 mph in his 100m world record of 9.58 s, I would guess that Asafa Powel ran maybe 25-26 mph when he ran 9.72 s.
The team from Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) set the Olympic record and World Record at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, running the race in a time of 37.10 seconds.