World Championship

By Kadian Grant
asafa.jpgTen Jamaican athletes will be representing us as, the nine days of intense athletics competition get going in Japan’s water capital, Osaka.

World 100-metre record-holder Asafa Powell will be seeking to win his first world gold medal, but also to become the first Jamaican sprinter to win in the 22-year history of the championships first staged 1983 in Helsinki.

Only Raymond Stewart (10.08secs) in 1987 and Powell’s MVP teammate Michael Frater (10.05secs) in 2005, have ever made it to the podium at the World Championships, they both won silver. Continue reading World Championship