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Are Olympic Drug Testers Targeting Jamaican Sprinters Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell?

When the track and field competition begins at the Olympic Games on Friday, the main focus will be on the men's 100-meter dash, where Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will duke it out with American Tyson Gay for the title of World's Fastest Man.But some of the focus will also be on the issue of performance-enhancing...

Asafa Powell Beats Usain Bolt, Olympic 100m Looks Like 3-Man Race

Jamaica's Asafa Powell beat his countryman, world-record holder Usain Bolt, in a head-to-head match-up in Stockholm. Here's the video:Once considered the favorite to win gold in Beijing, Powell was becoming a little bit overlooked recently after Bolt broke the world record and American Tyson Gay put on a tremendous...

World's Fastest Man? Tyson Gay Runs 9.77, Usain Bolt 9.85, Asafa Powell 9.97

The United States and Jamaica both had their Olympic track and field trials Saturday, meaning the three top contenders to win the 100 meters in Beijing were in action. American Tyson Gay put on the day's best showing.Gay set a new American record by running the 100 in 9.77 seconds, an especially amazing time considering...

Attractive Olympian: Sprinter Asafa Powell

Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.Jamaica's Asafa Powell is officially the World's Fastest Man. His first world record in the 100 meters came in 2005 when he ran it in 9.77...

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05/21/12 Shooters, Shanghai sprinters shine Source: NBC Olympics According to our best estimate (read: Facebook feed), roughly 94 percent of Americans were at weddings this weekend.
05/20/12 Liu dominates 110m hurdles, Powell takes 100m in... Source: New Kerala Dot Com Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang is back at the top with an overwhelming victory, leaving behind three world class American hurdlers at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai.
05/20/12 Powell hits back in rainy Shanghai Source: Stabroek News - Guyana Jamaican Asafa Powell recovered from his loss to American Justin Gatlin last week to storm to victory on a rainy night at the Shanghai Diamond League here yesterday.
05/20/12 Powell wins men's 100m race in Shanghai Source: Sina Former world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica won the men's 100-meter race in 10.02 seconds at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai leg here on Saturday.
05/20/12 Jamaica stars shine in China Source: Jamaica Gleaner SHANGHAI (AP):Veronica Campbell-Brown and Novlene Williams scored impressive wins in the women's 200 metres and 400 metres, respectively, while Asafa Powell eased to victory in the men's 100 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League meet in China's most modern city yesterday.

Background on Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively.

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