KINGSTON, Jan 18, 2008 - World 100m champion and record-holder Asafa Powell will open the 2008 season here at next week’s Grace Jackson Invitational meet at the National Stadium, organizers announced Friday.
Powell will run the 400 meters in the January 26 meet just as he did in the same meet last year to begin his 2007 campaign.
Powell ran a world-record 9.74 seconds last September in Rieti, Italy, to break his prior world mark of 9.77.
At last year’s opener in Kingston, Powell won his 400m heat in a personal best 47.46 seconds but finished only fourth overall in a run that was aimed at building strength and endurance for the sprint star.