STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CMC)
Jamaican sprint ace Asafa Powell believes if he can remain relaxed he has the potential to go as fast as is humanly possible.
"If I can stay relaxed I can go much faster. How fast, everything humanly possible. I can do the World record even without the help of the wind," Powell told reporters in Stockholm, Sweden after arriving for the 40th edition of the DN Galan Super Grand Prix meeting.
Reflecting on his world-record equalling run in Gateshead last month, the 23-year-old Powell said he was more relaxed then, than his first World-record run in Athens last year.
"I didn't have a good start so I was quite surprised when I saw 9.77 on the clock. I was much more relaxed this time," Powell said.
FULL OF CONFIDENCE
The Jamaican sprinter was in good spirits and full of confidence ahead of the meet where he will meet several athletes with sub-10 clockings or who have been close in their careers. These include Brian Lewis, Shawn Crawford and Bernard Williams, and his Jamaican compatriot Michael Frater.
Looking ahead to a possible clash with American Justin Gatlin to determine the world's fastest man, Powell said he was ready to settle the issue.
"It's up to him. I'm ready to race him. People all over the world are looking forward to it. Last year I was injured, this year I'm running everywhere," Powell said.
The stadium record in the Olympic Arena of 1912 is the 9.87 seconds set by American Maurice Greene at the meeting in 1999.
Any athlete who beat the Stadium record at DN-Galan will receive a diamond.
