Asafa Powell withdraws from Gaz de France Tuesday, 15 July 2008 Former world record holder Asafa Powell withdrew from the Gaz de France meet because of the groin [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]cramp[/COLOR][/COLOR], he suffered at the Rome Golden League [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]meeting[/COLOR][/COLOR] last week Friday.
Powell's agent, Paul Doyle said the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]injury[/COLOR][/COLOR] was not bad but that Powell realize that he has to get back into [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]training[/COLOR][/COLOR] a little bit, and running in Paris would interrupt training too much.
However, Doyle said that the former 100-meter word record holder would run in the super [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]grand [COLOR=blue! important]prix[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] in Stockholm on July 22.
Meanwhile, injured world double sprint champion Tyson [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Gay[/COLOR][/COLOR] could still meet Asafa Powell at the two day London Grand Prix beginning on June 25.
[COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Gay's [COLOR=blue! important]personal[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] coach Jon Drummond says the London Grand Prix will be his final meet before heading off for the Olympics in Beijing, China.
Meanwhile Gay who suffered a hamstring cramp at theUSOlympic trials late last month, is said to recuperating well from the injury and is expected to make a full recovery before the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]track [COLOR=blue! important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]field[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] segment of the Olympics begin on August 15.
Powell's agent, Paul Doyle said the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]injury[/COLOR][/COLOR] was not bad but that Powell realize that he has to get back into [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]training[/COLOR][/COLOR] a little bit, and running in Paris would interrupt training too much.
However, Doyle said that the former 100-meter word record holder would run in the super [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]grand [COLOR=blue! important]prix[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] in Stockholm on July 22.
Meanwhile, injured world double sprint champion Tyson [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Gay[/COLOR][/COLOR] could still meet Asafa Powell at the two day London Grand Prix beginning on June 25.
[COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Gay's [COLOR=blue! important]personal[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] coach Jon Drummond says the London Grand Prix will be his final meet before heading off for the Olympics in Beijing, China.
Meanwhile Gay who suffered a hamstring cramp at theUSOlympic trials late last month, is said to recuperating well from the injury and is expected to make a full recovery before the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]track [COLOR=blue! important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]field[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] segment of the Olympics begin on August 15.