There at it again

The sprint twins dominate in London

The sprint twins Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt each put in two very impressive performances over the weekend at the Aviva London Grand Prix - IAAF World Athletics Tour. Powell easily won the 100m in 9.88, while Bolt simply just destroyed the entire field in the 200m with a time of 19.76. While many still question the temperament of Asafa Powell following his melt down at the 2006 World Championships, Powell seems to be easing into his best form of the season.





Usain Bolt continues to amaze

Usain Bolt’s performances over the 200m in 2008 has been truly amazing, with the young Jamaican basically turning one of the Olympic Games show piece events, the men’s 200m final into a non-event. How good is Usain Bolt? Well take a look at the video below of the men’s 200m final at the US Olympic Trials. The event was won by Walter Dix, who narrowly beat Shawn Crawford and the fast finishing Wallace Spearmon. Now, look at Bolt’s race again above, and see how far back Wallace Spearmon is from Bolt, who started to slow down at the 150m mark. Yeah, I know he is that good. By the way, Tyson Gay did not qualify for the 200m.



Mrs. Campbell-Brown stakes her claim

Not to be outdone by the boys, Veronica Campbell-Brown had a very impressive victory in the women’s 100m over a very strong field, at the same meet. I know the Jamaican selectors will have a hard time selecting the three women that will represent Jamaica in Beijing, but you have to say the Campbell-Browns performance in the 100m at the National trials was her worst performance of season, in terms of placing, as her fourth place time of 10.89, is still very god by any standard. But apart from that, based on her performances this season, she is the number one female athlete in the world over 100m.