Jamaica's Powell turns in second fastest 100m ever

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — Jamaica's Asafa Powell on Tuesday ran the second fastest ever time in the 100m at a meeting in Lausanne where Olympic hurdles champion Dayron Robles failed to win.

And three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked 19.63sec in his favourite event, the 200m, for the fourth-fastest ever time.

Powell's time of 9.72sec at this IAAF Super Grand Prix event was 0.03sec outside the 9.69 world mark which compatriot Bolt set at the Beijing Games on August 16.

On that occasion, Bolt had shaven down his original mark of 9.72 set on May 31 in New York.

Powell shot out of the blocks and quickly sped ahead of Walter Dix, the Olympic bronze medallist who timed 9.92sec.

Powell, who could only manage fifth in Beijing, said on...