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  Tokyo Olympics: Is Usain Bolt 100m record under threat?

  Other Sports | July 18, 2021 12:44 IST

  The best a sprinter has clocked this season is 9:77 seconds, by American 26-year-old Trayvon Bromell in June this year.

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  Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell runs fastest 100m this year

  Other Sports | May 10, 2015 16:53 IST

  Kingston: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has run the fastest 100-metre in the world this year, clocking 9.84 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational. The former world record holder, who served a drugs ban last year, beat

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  Drug ban unjust, says Asafa Powell

  Other Sports | April 11, 2014 10:23 IST

  Kingston (Jamaica):  Jamaican Asafa Powell has described as "unfair and patently unjust" an 18-month drugs ban handed to him by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission, and says he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for

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  Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell

  Other Sports | April 10, 2014 23:19 IST

  KINGSTON, Jamaica: A Jamaican disciplinary panel on Thursday banned former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell from athletics for 18 months after the veteran sprinter tested positive for a banned stimulant last June.   In the

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  Powell says he did not remember new supplements' names

  Other Sports | January 16, 2014 15:24 IST

  Kingston: Former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell says he did not tell a doping control officer about most of the supplements he was taking because they were new to him and he could not

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  Powell, other Jamaican athletes deny doping

  Other Sports | July 15, 2013 21:25 IST

  Montego Bay (Jamaica), July 15: Three of Jamaica's top athletes including Asafa Powell have denied taking banned substances after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) confirmed that five of the country's athletes have tested positive for

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  Powell Out Of Jamaican Relay Team At Worlds

  Other Sports | September 01, 2011 17:13 IST

  Daegu, Sept 1: Asafa Powell pulled out of the Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team Thursday because he has not sufficiently recovered from a groin injury.Powell's agent, Paul Doyle, told The Associated Press it would be too

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  Usain Bolt Narrowly Wins First Race In 9 Months

  Other Sports | May 27, 2011 18:13 IST

  Rome, May 27: World record-holder Usain Bolt struggled to win his first race in nine months, clocking 9.91 seconds in the 100 meters to narrowly beat former record-holder Asafa Powell at the Golden Gala on

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  Asafa Powell To Face Usain Bolt In 100 Meter Showdown

  Other Sports | May 25, 2011 19:40 IST

  Rome, May 25: Former world record-holder Asafa Powell is just as nervous as current holder Usain Bolt ahead of their 100-meter showdown at Thursday's Golden Gala meet.It's the Diamond League season debut for both Jamaicans,

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  Asafa Powell To Face Usain Bolt In 100 Meter Showdown

  India | May 25, 2011 19:39 IST

  Rome, May 25: Former world record-holder Asafa Powell is just as nervous as current holder Usain Bolt ahead of their 100-meter showdown at Thursday's Golden Gala meet.It's the Diamond League season debut for both Jamaicans,