Men’s 100m  Asafa Powell Whips Kim Collins – 10.06 – OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKES 2013

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Asafa Powell wins 100m at Ostrava Golden Spike in the middle of mayham

Ostrava:  Former world record holder Asafa Powell held off a solid test from Kim Collins to win the men’s 100m at the Ostrava Golden Spike – IAAF World Challenge Meeting here on Thursday.

However the race happened in the middle of a few mayham, which constrained a postponed re-run.

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At first, the Jamaican ran 9.97 seconds to win at the first sending off, however the race was requested for a re-run, after a get back to, which was missed by a few runners, including Powell, who ran up to 85 meters.

At last, the Cayman Islands’ Kemar Hyman was excluded for a false begin.

The race was pushed once again until after the men’s 400m dash, and Powell held off the test from Collins of St Kitts and Nevis to win in 10.06 seconds.

Collins needed to settle for second place in 10.08 and American Michael Rodgers (10.16) third.

Powell completed a frustrating seventh at the Jamaica Championships in 10.22 seconds through the weekend in the wake of asserting he was not fit as a fiddle, after a harm that setback his season’s preparation as promptly as February.

World record holder Usain Bolt hauled out of the gathering this week to focus on his arrangements for the World Championships in Moscow in August.

Comrade and preparing accomplice Yohan Blake was likewise planned to race, yet a hamstring issue constrained the 100m World Champion to skirt the meet.

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