The sequence of pictures above shows the closing few metres in the final of the mens 4x100m
at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Asafa (lane 5) produced a blistering final leg to
overhaul Great Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis (lane 7) and snatch the silver medal for Jamaica
by just 1 hundredth of a second in a new national record time of 37.89 secs.
The USA (lane 4, anchored by Leroy Dixon) won gold.
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. 2007 World Athletics Championships.
1. United States (Darvis Patton; Wallace Spearmon; Tyson Gay; Leroy Dixon) 37.78
2. Jamaica (Marvin Anderson; Usain Bolt; Nesta Carter;
Asafa Powell)
37.89
3. G.B. & N.I. (Christian Malcolm; Craig Pickering; Marlon Devonish; Mark Lewis-Francis) 37.90
4. Brazil (Vicente de Lima; Rafael Ribeiro; Basílio de Moraes; Sandro Viana) 37.99
5. Japan (Naoki Tsukahara; Shingo Suetsugu; Shinji Takahira; Nobuharu Asahara) 38.03
6. Germany (Ronny Ostwald; Tobias Unger; Alexander Kosenkow; Julian Reus) 38.62
Poland (Michal Bielczyk; Lukasz Chyla; Marcin Jedrusinski; Dariusz Kuc) DNF
Nigeria (Obinna Metu; Chukwu Uche Isaac; Chinedu Oriala; Olusoji A. Fasuba) DNF.
Asafa Powell takes the bronze medal at The 2007 World Championships 100m on 26th. August 2007.
Photos G. Herringshaw. ©
| The race finish pictures above show the closing stages of the mens 100m
at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Asafa (lane 6) won the bronze
medal in a time of 9.96 secs, with Tyson Gay (lane 5) taking gold and
Derrick Atkins (lane 6) the silver. It was a disappointing outcome for
Powell who was expected to battle it out with Gay for the gold medal. He
later said: "I'm disappointed as I was the favourite to win but I lost
the race. I felt Gay coming on my shoulder and that's when I panicked.
It slowed me down. I made a big mistake and things like that do happen. I
wouldn't say I cannot shine at the big occasions, it was just an
unfortunate incident." Asafa would later enjoy some redemption in the
4x100m relay; his devastating late burst winning the silver medal for
Jamaica by just 1 hundredth of a second from Great Britain. |
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| Men's 100m. Final. 2007 World Athletics Champs |
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| 1. Tyson GAY |
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USA |
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9.85 |
| 2. Derrick ATKINS |
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BAH |
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9.91 |
| 3. Asafa POWELL |
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JAM |
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9.96 |
| 4. Olusoji A. FASUBA |
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NGR |
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10.07 |
| 5. Churandy MARTINA |
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AHO |
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10.08 |
| 6. Marlon DEVONISH |
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GBR |
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10.14 |
| 7. Matic OSOVNIKAR |
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SLO |
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10.23 |
| 8. Marc BURNS |
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TRI |
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10.29 |
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