Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer
Powell resumes training this week. - FILE
THE WORLD'S fastest man for the past two seasons, Jamaica's Asafa Powell, will resume training this week.
Powell who recently ran 9.84 seconds for 100 metres, the fastest time since Tim Montgomery set the world record mark of 9.78 in 2002, suffered a scare on Saturday when he was forced to stop in the 200m at the Felix Sanchez Invitational track meet in Santo Domingo.
However, Powell's coach, Stephen Francis, confirmed yesterday that the world's top sprinter is okay.
"He will have to take it easy for a little bit, but he is all right," Francis told The Gleaner.
In explaining what happened in Santo Domingo Francis, said: "He felt a little twinge in his groin and stopped but it is nothing serious."
Reports out of Santo Domingo stated that Powell looked well on his way to recording a sub-20 seconds clocking, when the unfortunate incident happened.
Meanwhile, Germaine Mason, who made his return to competition for the first time in over a year, cleared 2.16 metres for second in the men's high jump.
Mason said the rain put a damper on his performance, although the aim was for him to jump 2.20m.
"Coach (Francis) said 2.16m was satisfactory, because I strained my quad muscle," Mason said.
On his first jump, Mason cleared 2.10m and jumped once to clear 2.16m, after which he decided to quit.
