Powell, Wariner and Richards blitz Golden League

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2006

BERLIN (AFP) — Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and American 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards blitzed their rivals to share the Golden League jackpot for a perfect six wins in the six-meet series. The trio will each take home a cool 250,000 dollars, but will have to compete in the IAAF world athletics finals in Stuttgart on September 9-10 to be eligible for the prize.

Powell, joint world record holder with drug-tainted American Justin Gatlin, clocked up his record 11th sub-10sec race this year, romping home in a meeting record of 9.86sec, 0.1sec ahead of American Tyson Gay. There was no repeat of the awful start Powell suffered in Brussels last week, and once he hit his elegant long stride there was no stopping the 23-year-old as he powered away from the field....