Usain Bolt's 100m record more likely to be broken than 200m, says Asafa Powell
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has claimed that it would be more likely that Usain Bolt's 100m record would be broken before the 200m one falls. Powell, who was in Delhi as the brand ambassador for the Half Marathon, added that it would be very difficult to break Bolt's twin world records.
Usain Bolt, who completed an unprecedented triple-triple at the 2016 Olympics, is the current holder of both the 100m and the 200m sprint with times of 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds respectively.
Powell, who was in India to promote the Delhi half-marathon, said, "It will be very difficult to break these two records. I feel breaking the 9.58secs (in 100m) could be more likely to be broken, if at all it happens. 19.19secs in 200m is ridiculous," reported FirstPost.
Powell had held the 100m world record (9.72) for a period of three years between 2005 and 2008 before Bolt shattered the record at the Beijing Games.
The 33-year old has earned himself the title of 'Sub-10 King' for running 100m sprints in under 10 seconds 98 times, the highest by any sprinter. The Jamaican, however, said that he would love to get to his 'century' of sub-10sec in his home country.
"It is difficult to say specifically when I will run my 100th sub-10 sec but I hope it comes sooner than later and I would like to do that in my home country of Jamaica," Powell said.
Even though he has two Olympic medals, both in the 4x100m relay, he has never won an individual medal in the Olympics.Â
"It is difficult to say now that I will run in 2020 Olympics. I have not thought that far. As of now, I feel I can plan to run till 2018," Powell replied to the question of him participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
Hailing from the Caribbean Islands, the sprinter said that he had tried his hand at cricket as well but picked athletics over the gentlemen’s game.
"My school cricket team did very badly, so I quit cricket after playing for one year. Cricket was earlier very big in Jamaica. It is still big but athletics is bigger now. Chris Gayle is my friend and I love to watch him play and I want to watch cricket. But I don't follow cricket much now because I train in
