Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has asserted that it would be more probable 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, included that it would be exceptionally hard to break Bolt's win world records.
Usain Bolt, who finished a phenomenal triple-triple at the 2016 Olympics, is the present holder of both the 100m and the 200m sprint with times of 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds individually.
Powell, who was in India to promote the Delhi half-marathon, said, "It will be exceptionally hard to break these two records. I feel breaking the 9.58secs (in 100m) could probably be broken if at all it happens. 19.19secs in 200m is absurd,"
Powell had held the 100m world record (9.72) for a time of three years somewhere around 2005 and 2008 preceding Bolt smashed the record at the Beijing Games.
The 33-year old has earned himself the title of 'Sub-10 King' for running 100m sprints in less than 10 seconds 98 times, the most astounding by any sprinter. The Jamaican, be that as it may, said that he would love to get to his "century" of sub-10sec in his nation of origin.
"It is hard to state particularly when I will run my 100th sub-10 sec yet I trust it comes sooner than later and I might want to do that in my nation of origin of Jamaica," Powell said.
Despite the fact that he has two Olympic decorations, both in the 4x100m transfer, he has never won an individual award in the Olympics.
"It is hard to say now that I will keep running in 2020 Olympics. I have not believed that far. Starting now, I feel I can plan to keep running till 2018," Powell answered to the subject of him taking part in the Tokyo Olympics.
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