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Hmm, something strange here! First time I loaded the page I got a paragraph ending "He is fat". Second time the offending (both senses of word) sentence was not there. I think someone with better technical capbability than I should investigate. (not registered - so no "handle" sorry.)
From the article:
"However, he gained some consolation by breaking the 100m world record, in Athens again, on June 14, 2005, setting a time of 9.77 seconds. This beat Tim Montgomery's 2002 record of 9.78 seconds by less than four-hundredths of a second."
9.78 - 9.77 is one one-hundredth of a second - should the figure be thousandths, and if so is there a source for the more accurate measurement? Deadlock 16:24, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
From the article "He is a distant cousin of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.". What does this mean? Does distant mean they do not interact or speak to each other? Or does it mean he is a second or even third cousin? The wording on the Gary Powell pages says he is a 'distant relative'. That wording seems more accurate. David D. 1 July 2005 16:16 (UTC)
Searching on google the only reference I can find to a brother is Donovan Powell. I think you are right, Robdurbar, to remove the link to Gary Powell until it is verifiable.
http://www.ttgapers.com/News/2005/6/15/Asafa-Powell-lays-down-the-law/ However, it could all have been very different had he taken his brother Donovan's advice and not become a sprinter. Asafa travelled to Texas to train with his elder brother – a 100M semi-finalist in the 1999 world championships – but after several sessions Donovan advised him to do something else. Instead he remained determined to carry on pursuing his dream and linked up with Jamaican coach Stephen Francis, who showed him videos of the then leading West Indian athlete Ato Boldon, the 1997 world champion at 200M and a four-time Olympic medallist.
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/05/11/world.shtml After Raymond Stewart, Percival Spencer, Donavon Powell, the older brother of Asafa and Michael Green departed, the island of Jamaica, well known as the sprint factory, wondered where the next world group of world class sprinters would come from.
http://www.canadianrunner.com/content/view/4400/2/ Powell, the younger brother of Donovan Powell confirmed on Wednesday that he would make the trip to Australia to compete in the 100m at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games next March.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061400945.html For years, Powell wasn't even the fastest man in his own family, staying on the sideline as his older brother, Donovan Powell, competed in IAAF races in 1999, at one point posting a time in the 60 meters that ranked second in the world.
David D. 20:59, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
Can someone with technical knowledge of timing in sprints tell us why Asafa's run in Gateshead was not listed as a new world record? Your account (and the IAAF's) is that the actual time was 9.7629 seconds. From my recollection of elementary mathematics this should have been rounded down to 9.76 - a new world record. In contrast with Justin Gatlin's Doha run of 9.77 the actual time there was reported as 9.7660 which was (correctly) rounded up to 9.77 seconds. Please tell me how 9.7629 becomes 9.77 if we're rounding to the nearest 100th of a second?
ANSWER: Excellent question, and you're not the first to ask it. Unfortunately elementary math has little to do with this. The IAAF Rulebook (available for free viewing on the IAAF website) is the final word, and Rule 165.23(a) states: "Unless the time is an exact 1/100th of a second, it shall be read and recorded to the next longer 1/100th of a second." Thus, only a 9.7600 or faster will be read as a new world record. Ridiculous as it sounds, even a 9.7601 is officially a 9.77. So we're not rounding "to the nearest 100th"; we're only rounding "up"... always "up". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.202.176.49 (talk) 00:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
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I feel that the list of all the 100 m performances in 2005 and 2006 is a little excessive in detail. The 100 m progression per year seems sufficient. Anybody agree that we should remove this? Mipchunk 02:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Judging by the record recently been made, I'd say the runner ran with a speed of 24 miles per hour. 61.9.126.41 07:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Can someone update the "listens to his coach and smashes 100m world record" link from http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,,2165856,00.html%7CPowell to http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,,2165856,00.html thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.17.50.66 (talk) 16:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey you should put in the fact he was also considering playing soccer or cricket professionally. He was apparently offered trials by a few English clubs because he had raw talent, and his speed would come in handy as a winger. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.206.53 (talk) 08:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Asafa Powell cannot handle pressure. If he could he would have won the world championships in Osaka but he lost to the american. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericfab (talk • contribs) 15:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
These charts do not make much sense... it looks as though they were modeled after charts on Powell's IAAF bio page, with necessary labels left out and some information changed. Does anyone have a problem with me making these more coherent? (standardizing the info included in the event column, labeling the place finished column and separating it from the round column, etc.) Any other opinions? Brykupono 23:15, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Why would he be disqualified "both athletes moving less than 0.1 seconds after gun firing". *after* the gun firing? That seems fine to me. This isn't explained here or in the false start article (it says sensors in starting blocks are used). Is *before* meant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.166.162.162 (talk) 19:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Anyone know why his initial clocking of a 19.79 200m from a meet in Jamaica a couple years ago is not listed anymore on the IAAF's official website top lists anymore? I can find a 19.90 200m time for Powell, but they no longer list the 19.79. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.40.1 (talk) 19:59, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
What's up with all the colours on the personal best table? Are they really necessary? And someone changed the font colour and background to green on the part that says WR! What's up with this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thatlot!! (talk • contribs) 17:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
65.100.186.176 (talk) 16:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC) "Powell is the only man to have run legally under 9.80 seconds more than once, having done so five times" Hasn't Usain Bolt run a 9.76 and 9.72 (w/ratification)?
ALso Tyson Gay has ran 9.77 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.108.140 (talk) 11:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
"Asafa Powell planned to be a mechanic before he took up running whilst studying in Kingston, Jamaica" lol where did you guys get this information? It is so far from the truth!! Asafa got a scholarship to Utech in kingston after his high school coach Mrs. Fraser handed him over to Steven Francis after convincing him to use his god given talent. Seriously this page needsa overhaul because the information here is riddled with glaring inaccuracies.
"Hey you should put in the fact he was also considering playing soccer or cricket professionally. He was apparently offered trials by a few English clubs because he had raw talent, and his speed would come in handy as a winger."
This statement is bull and should be promptly removed because it is just false through and through. Another point of interest is that he came to public attention at the boys and girls championship where he was favored to win but falsestarted.
Come on people stop write foolishness and get some facts
Split times are dubious at best (no automatic timing), and fairly meaningless since it depend more on where/how the hand off took place than how fast the person actually ran. Also, I can't find anything more than message board/blog posts to verify the times. If there is no objection, I am going to remove the reference to 4x100 split times.--ThaddeusB (talk) 02:13, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that the information on Asafa's brother's death was removed. However, I believe it should be in the article, just in a different form. I'm certain there are a couple of articles where Asafa discusses how this event affected him, perhaps his track form too. The information should be reinserted and rewritten in a way so that Asafa is the subject of the effects of the death. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 16:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
A fifth in a semi-final? A 7th in a final?? A fourth in a semi-final??? A DQ final???? These are not notable achievements for a runner who is the second fastest of all time, and should be removed.--Fizbin (talk) 14:05, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
I renamed the section "Accomplishments and major competition summary" to better reflect the nature of the material in the section. --ThaddeusB (talk) 04:56, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
I suggest that the article be standardised to British English (e.g. metre, favourite) as this is closer to Jamaican than American English. Similarly, I propose that dates be standardised to Day before Month rather than the American style of month before day. What are other people's thoughts on this? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 17:01, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Why the focus on WAF? It has the effect of diluting the important stuff. Let's face it the WAF is not particularly important, especially since it comes at the very end of a long season. David D. (Talk) 15:46, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
The WAF is the culmination of a long GP season and is somewhat the IAAF GP championship for the year. It is important from the point of view that GP's are important and entry into the WAF is based solely on points gained at GP events throughout the season. While it is not as important as the World Championships, it is notable for its unofficial "GP Championship" structure. That said, I don't think there is a particular focus on the WAF, just an inclusion of it. Toyracerx (talk) 18:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
There needs to be an IPA to show whether it's pronounced AS-a-fa or a-SAF-a because I have no clue. Spiderone (talk) 10:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Why was the heading format changed? Previous versions of the page had his career formatted by year, someone has changed the titles but they do not watch the wording. Any objections to reverting to previous format? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toyracerx (talk • contribs) 00:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I think that Asafa Powell's career has matured to the point where we can start consolidating his athletics biography into a more coherent form that tells a "story". Right now, his career info is merely a long list of 100 m times and places, made slightly wordier. Mipchunk (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
The article states that ha has 88 runs below 10 secs, but the source only lists 80 as far as I can see/count. How come? ChickenFalls (talk) 15:15, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Nella stessa data, su indicazione della Wada (l'agenzia mondiale antidoping) i carabinieri del Nas perquisiscono le stanze d'albergo di Asafa e del suo preparatore atletico a Lignano Sabbiadoro (dove si trovavano per partecipare a una cena di solidarietà e al meeting Sport Solidarietà allo stadio comunale), trovando una cinquantina di scatole di medicinali; quantitativo eccessivo e sospetto per qualsiasi atleta[1].
Please think about translating and adding this event in this article, if relevant. (I sadly think that Asafa Powell's career has matured to the point that is going to reach an immediate end.)
SOL 79.10.129.111 (talk) 17:31, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
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