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Now ‘out of his shell’, Powell cruises 9.72w

Posted by CaribShout on June 4, 2010 at 10:45pm

Now ‘out of his shell’, Powell cruises 9.72w While Rudisha and Kaki produced the evening’s finest face-off, it was Asafa Powell who gave the crowd of 13,500 its most thrilling exhibition. The Jamaican, seemingly comfortable in the sprinting world’s supporting role behind his compatriot Usain Bolt, continued his early season cruise of the 100m circuit with another dominating performance, this time in 9.72, his fastest of the season under all conditions. He did get some help from a +2.1 m/s assisting wind, but he also ran through the line harder and more determined than in any of his other appearances this year. “I broke out of my shell,” said Powell, who appears evermore relaxed before each of his races. “I was in a nutshell before, but now I’m not taking it so seriously.” “Coach (Francis) told me to bring the man who makes jokes and clowns around off the track, onto the track, to relax and enjoy it. That’s what I’m doing.” His tour continues next Thursday at Rome’s Golden Gala, stop No. 4 on the IAAF Diamond League series. Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson of Trinidad & Tobago produced what was arguably his race since his surprise finish in Beijing, finishing second here as well in 9.90, barely holding off Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles, who stopped the clock in 9.92. Jamaican Michael Frater, who was a distant fourth (9.97), also dipped under 10 seconds.
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