On July 12, Beijing time, Jamaica's Velocity Fest Athletics Club competition kicked off, which is called a sunset race, 38-year-old Jamaican sprint superstar Asaf Powell only ran 10.51 seconds to win the sixth place in 100 meters, the wind speed was -2.2 m / s against the wind, and the Jamaican sprinting dynasty was gone.
This match is the first outdoor competition of the Jamaica Athletics Association, except for the absence of the leader Blake, basically gathered the main players of the Jamaican team, and took the way of finally ranking the total results in the group stage, the 35-year-old Nesta Carter won the championship in 10.38 seconds (-1.4), and the 27-year-old Tracy won the second place in 10.39 seconds. Many athletes did not warm up for half a year, did not reach the best stage of competition, and encountered general headwinds, and the overall results were not ideal.
As the biggest star in the competition, the 38-year-old Powell did not bring surprise results, which is expected, he has long passed the peak of the sport, and now lives a semi-retired and half-training life, in the first half of the year his third child was born, Powell immersed in the beautiful atmosphere of the family. But Powell still has a dream, even if he turns 40 years old, he will still work hard to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and he has achieved the goal of breaking 100 times in 10 seconds, and he has achieved 97 times.
After the Rio Olympics, with the increase of age, Powell's competitive strength and state continued to decline, four years have not opened 10 seconds, the best result is last year in Germany out of 10 seconds 02, get the Tokyo Olympic ticket, Powell is not like the same age of the United States Gatlin, the body maintenance is like the state before the age of 30, but also run out of 9.87 seconds of good results, even if participating in the Tokyo Olympics, Powell at most only entered the semi-finals, the probability of running into the final is very small, the post-90s will be at least one grade higher than him.
As one of the world's 100-meter five tigers, Powell's strength in his strong years belongs to the world's first-class, he has broken the world record twice (9 seconds 77, 9 seconds 74), running into 10 seconds is a common thing for him, the number of times has reached an astonishing 97, breaking 9 seconds 80 is more than eight times, the personal best record was set at the 2008 Lausanne Grand Prix, he ran 9.72 seconds to become the fourth person in history.
Powell, Usain Bolt and Blake built a strong Jamaica sprinting dynasty, Jamaica won three Olympic Games from 2008 to 2016, four World Championships 100 meters, 200 meters, 4 × 100 meters most of the medals (only missed one gold medal), Powell won 1 gold in the Olympic Games, 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze at the World Championships. It's just that the Jamaican Dynasty has declined rapidly due to bolt retirement, Blake's return to the peak due to injury, Powell's age and strength decline, and the newcomer's performance cannot keep up, and the results of this game can be seen, so it can be called a sunset game.