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  • #1

    Why is Asafa running

    Why is Asafa running in a tough 100m Thursday going up against the new World champions who no doubt will be gunning to prove his credentials?

    If he was so badly injured that he pulled out of the 100m in Daegu and was puled from the relays by the team Doctor not so long ago, is he ready to run again?

    Sure he cant be chasing a cheque and I am sure he has nothing to prove and running again could set him back as London is not that far away, the Olympics start in July, 10 months time.
    Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
    Che Guevara.
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  • #2
    Maybe he was not physically injured for the World Championships.
    Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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    • #3
      hmmmmm
      Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
      Che Guevara.

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      • #4
        ZURICH, Switzerland (Sporting Alert) — World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake is hoping to keep his edge when he faces Asafa Powell and others at the Samsung Diamond League in Zurich on Thursday. The Jamaican powered from behind to take the men’s 100m title at the just concluded IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, and will face most of the competitors again at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting.
        World record holder Usain Bolt, who false-started in the finals will not be at the line, but former world record holder and fastest man in 2011, Powell, who pulled out of the championships with a sore groin problem, will be Blake's main rival.
        But Blake, still on cloud nine after his victory, is confident of keeping his good form alive.
        “I finished the World Championships ranked number 1 and I want to keep it that way,” Blake, who ran the third leg on the Jamaican team that won gold and set a new world record of 37.04 seconds on the last night, said.



        “Definitely since the World Championships my life has changed. Like the press conference and getting calls.
        “It’s not going to be easy, but I think my agent and all the people around me are going to teach me to handle the pressure well.”
        “I’ve been running really good. The breeze has been giving me good times, at -1 to -1.5. But I’m not really looking for a time. I like to let my feet do the talking and the time will come if I execute a perfect race.”
        Powell, at Wednesday's press conference, was a bit more cautious, by first making it clear “I am not in the same shape as in I was in July.”
        “I’m very sad about it (missing Daegu). I wanted to run at the World Championships. Even the final when I saw guys running the relay I was very sad but it happens. I just have to look forward. “
        “Yes… it’s (Thursday’s 100m) going to be between a lot of guys because they’re running very well. Blake is World Champion and I can’t promise a World Record but I’ll be out there competing. I’d love to win. I don’t know what shape I’m in right now but I got a good feeling.”
        “It will be a strong field. I have a good memory of 2006” (when he tied the then World record with 9.77).
        Jamaicans Michael Frater and Nesta Carter, Walter Dix and Kim Collins will also be in the 100m field.
        Jermaine Gonzalez will take on Lashawn Merritt in the men's 400m
        Kenia Sinclair (10pts) will take on seven other World finalists plus Jenny Meadows (9pts) in the women's 800m.
        The women’s 200m will see Jamaicans Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce against Americans Carmelita Jeter, the World 100m champion and 200m silver medallist Allyson Felix and Bianna Knight. Dwight Thomas will be in the men's 110m hurdles.
        Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
        Che Guevara.

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        • #5
          Performance anxiety can cause a physical illness.
          Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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          • #6
            Well since I am never shy about making an a55 of myself and making predictions, I say Asafa will run sub 9.8 seconds if the weather is OK and the wind is right
            Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
            Che Guevara.

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            • #7
              that's why they have viagra...

              serious thing though...stress can be a killer!
              Peter R

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              • #8
                How come he is running?
                Thought he was injured???? Groin no less...and groin injuries do not heal in a flash!
                "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                • #9
                  From today's Gleaner report:

                  Powell needs to run in the seventh and final 100 metres of the Diamond League season to qualify for his victory in the season-long standings.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Willi View Post
                    From today's Gleaner report:

                    Powell needs to run in the seventh and final 100 metres of the Diamond League season to qualify for his victory in the season-long standings.
                    OK - The M in MVP means money.
                    The same type of thinking that created a problem cannot be used to solve the problem.

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                    • #11
                      How quickly you forget what a Diamond League ambassador status means.

                      Here is what one clued in poster said:

                      Asafa is the Diamond League leader.
                      He has to run in this meet to qualify for the overall win.
                      He doesn't have to win this race, just run.
                      It's a business people. Follow the $$$.

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                      • #12
                        If he is not fully fit, would he not be jeopardizing his health?
                        Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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                        • #13
                          Sprinter Blake relishing new world champion status

                          Sprinter Blake relishing new world champion status

                          Fame in a flash!

                          Thursday, September 08, 2011

                          ZURICH, Switzerlad (AP) — Yohan Blake is enjoying the extra attention that comes with being 100 metres world champion and main attraction at the Weltklasse meeting today.


                          Because Blake's training partner Usain Bolt skips the Diamond League finals event in Zurich, he has centre stage for his first race since he helped Jamaica set a new 4x100 relay world record in Daegu, South Korea.


                          ZURICH, Switzerlad — Jamaica's new 100m world champion Yohan Blake opens the door of a sports car during a photo shoot yesterday ahead of the IAAF Diamond League series athletics meeting Weltklasse in Zurich. (Photo: AFP)

                          Yohan Blakes erupts into celebration after winning the men’s 100 metres at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea recently.






                          "Anybody would kill to be in my position, I guess," the 21-year-old Blake said yesterday, holding court with reporters ahead of the Weltklasse meet.
                          "My ranking is number one, so I want to keep it that way. It's a wonderful feeling, but I know it's not going to be easy."

                          Relishing being "the main guy at a press conference", Blake knows his path to gold was cleared by Bolt's disqualification for an infamous false start.
                          Blake's winning time of 9.92 seconds — and personal best of 9.89 — also leave him behind Bolt's 9.58 world record in the public's imagination.
                          "(Usain) is the big man so you will always get that, but I'm getting credit where I'm due," he said, adding that "when Usain Bolt was my age, he wasn't running times I have run".

                          Blake has not always enjoyed full credit from Asafa Powell, the former world record holder who will race at Weltklasse for the final time this season after missing the 'Worlds' through injury.

                          Powell suggested Blake was just a "boy" after beating him in the Jamaica National Trials in June.

                          "I know I'm not a boy. I'm 21, I'm a big man," Blake said yesterday, saying his relationship with Powell was limited to "hi, and bye".

                          "He has his own path and I have my path," the world champion said.
                          Powell was more generous yesterday, acknowledging Blake had stepped up to the top ranks.

                          "He's there, he's won the World Championship," said Powell, who ran a world-leading 9.78 at Lausanne in June, before being sidelined by a hip flexor problem. "It's still very sore. But I'm here to compete," he said.

                          Powell needs to run in the seventh and final 100 metres of the Diamond League season to qualify for his victory in the season-long standings.
                          Bolt is skipping the meet — dubbed the 'world championships in two hours' — having earlier cited his "strenuous schedule" in Daegu.

                          Still, Weltklasse organisers have attracted the holders of 19 worlds gold medals, 18 silvers, and 15 bronze to come direct from Daegu to compete at the Letzigrund.

                          In addition, three world-record holders, 13 Olympic champions and 17 world leaders this season, including Powell, are in the Zurich line-ups.

                          Weltklasse offers quick rematches of several worlds medal showdowns.
                          Kirani James, the 19-year-old from Grenada, will line up in the 400 metres against the man he dethroned by just 0.03 seconds in Daegu, Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt of the United States.

                          Jason Richardson of the US can show he is 110 metres hurdles gold medallist on merit against Dayron Robles. The American was unable to celebrate victory on the track as Robles, the Cuban world-record holder, crossed the line first but was later disqualified for holding back Liu Xiang of China in the adjoining lane.

                          Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is on another recovery mission in Zurich after placing just sixth in Daegu.

                          Two years ago, Isinbayeva also flamed out at the 'Worlds' in Berlin then came to Weltklasse and cleared 5.06 metres, setting her 27th and most recent world record.

                          Isinbayeva will face world champion Fabiana Murer of Brazil in a strong line-up.

                          All eight worlds finalists in the women's 800 metres, including silver medallist Caster Semenya of South Africa, will meet again.


                          Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz1XMkEF0WU
                          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                          • #14
                            he can pay for it after he runs!

                            Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                            • #15
                              You should know better than most especially given that Francis' major in College was finance
                              Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
                              Che Guevara.

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