DUXX, WE MUST HAVE AN INTERVIEW OR AT LEAST AN ANALYSIS FROM YOU WHEN ASAFA RUNS IN SERBIA. 
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 11 AFP - Asafa Powell, the 100m world record-holder whose early season has been slowed by a sore knee, will return to competition in Belgrade on May 29, his manager Paul Doyle said today.
Over the last month, Powell has pulled out of the Mt. Sac and Penn Relays, along with the Jamaica International Invitational as he battled tendinitis in his right knee.
Jamaica’s Powell, who holds the 100m world record of 9.77 seconds and last season registered a record 12 sub-10sec outings, has had to limit his training, but Doyle said the sprinter was now back to full strength.
``He’s actually been training fine now,’’ Doyle told the Jamaican Observer.
``His block-starts has been great and he’s run some all-out 300 metres as well and everything is holding up with the hamstring and the knee, so he seems to be back to 100 per cent and working hard to make up for the three weeks (training) that he missed.
``His first meet will be in Belgrade on May 29,’’ Doyle said, adding that Powell’s training partner Michael Frater, the 2005 World Championship silver medallist, will also contest the 100m.
``It’s sort of a low-keyed meet and as an opener we figured it would be a good start for Asafa… it gives him enough time before the Eugene (Oregon) meet, the Prefontaine Classic (on June 10),’’ Doyle added, noting that the Jamaican star will have 12 days between both meets.
He confirmed that Powell will also compete at this year’s first Golden League meet - the
Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway - on June 15.
Powell, who twice equalled his world record of 9.77sec last summer, won a share of the million dollar Golden League jackpot by winning all six races in the series last season.
American 400m stars Sanya Richards and Jeremy Wariner shared in the jackpot after dominating the European circuit.
And Doyle was confident Powell could improve as thoughts turned to the August 25-September 2 world championships in Osaka, Japan.
``We’re still expecting nothing but big improvements for Asafa this year,’’ he said.
``He’s put in a lot of work during the winter in the months of January and February, running those 400s, so he has a lot of strength and base built up in him, so missing three weeks of intense training isn’t going to affect him too much. He’s still going to be able to have a very long and fast season.’’