ATHLETICS: ASAFA POWELL: FASTEST MAN ON EARTH: I'M A SECS MACHINE; He sets 100m record and says: I can go quicker.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: June 15, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: John CROSS

JAMAICAN Asafa Powell became the fastest man in the world last night after setting a new 100m record in the Olympic Stadium in Athens.

Powell, 22, set the new mark of 9.77seconds at the Athens Super Grand Prix meeting and then predicted he can go even faster this summer.

Powell, who beat Tim Montgomery's previous record of 9.78secs, said: "I knew that I could do it. I did my best. It feels great to be the fastest man ...

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