Chris Maduewesi
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Asafa Powell is confident of challenging the top sprinters at this year's World Athletics Championship in Beijing.
The Jamaican missed the last Championship in Moscow, after failing a drug test in 2013 which earned him a ban.
Powell said that it is a possibility he upstage the other athlete despite his age, citing Justin Gatlin as an example.
“Anything is possible. Justin Gatlin surprised me last year he ran his personal best times of (9.77 & 19.68) at age 32,” said Powell on Reuters
“I think I’m capable of doing a lot more than most of the sprinters out there My best is yet to come, so it’s just to be patient,” said Powell who is eyeing gold at this year’s world championships in Beijing.
“I feel a lot stronger, I’m a lot more focused and I think I’m smarter now, so I know what it takes to do it. It’s just to put myself out there and do what I’m supposed to do,” added the man who has run a world-record 84 times under 10 seconds.
The Jamaican missed the last Championship in Moscow, after failing a drug test in 2013 which earned him a ban.
Powell said that it is a possibility he upstage the other athlete despite his age, citing Justin Gatlin as an example.
“Anything is possible. Justin Gatlin surprised me last year he ran his personal best times of (9.77 & 19.68) at age 32,” said Powell on Reuters
“I think I’m capable of doing a lot more than most of the sprinters out there My best is yet to come, so it’s just to be patient,” said Powell who is eyeing gold at this year’s world championships in Beijing.
“I feel a lot stronger, I’m a lot more focused and I think I’m smarter now, so I know what it takes to do it. It’s just to put myself out there and do what I’m supposed to do,” added the man who has run a world-record 84 times under 10 seconds.
