Asafa Powell
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Sep 8, 2026
Mitch DyerHOST
no the magnitude.
Mitch DyerHOST
I would have argued Asafa Powell and Johan Blake also had that star power.
Mitch DyerHOST
Of course they did.
Mitch DyerHOST
But they were in that era with Bolt.
Mychal ThompsonPANELIST
But the second fastest man in history is also from the Caribbean, from Jamaica.
Mychal ThompsonPANELIST
Who is it? Asafa Powell, Keyshawn Thompson, or Johan Blake? Powell, Thompson, or Blake? This is me, and I'm
John IrelandHOST
going to go Powell.
John IrelandHOST
Pepe.
OliHOST
Go on.
MattHOST
in terms of like the people I'm even looking at the sprints as well so like from 2010 when they clearly when they started it was like Tyson Gay Asafa Powell Usain Bolt Gatling Gatling Gatling Asafa Powell and CJ Oujar won it in 2017 yeah and then like yeah over 200 it was like Walter Dix Wallace Spearman yeah
OliHOST
well what do you expect it's a diamond league final
MattHOST
no but I feel like in recent years it's a bit more random yeah
Noah LylesGUEST
I want...
Noah LylesGUEST
You know, I want a card with Justin, Asafa, Bolt, and Johan on
Justin GatlinHOST
it.
Justin GatlinHOST
You can do the 2012 lineup.
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Noah LylesGUEST
If you ask the logistic side of me, my... debate will be what's more entertaining a race down to the eyelash or a race where someone blows everybody out of the water
Justin GatlinHOST
there you go so all right fair enough i love that great points i'm gonna say for me it's very similar to his Mine is 2012 because of the lineup.
Justin GatlinHOST
When you take each individual of those athletes, especially the ones like Asafa Powell, myself, Usain, Johan, and you put them, Tyson, and you can put them in any era.
Justin GatlinHOST
in track and field and they will be the dominant or most dominant sprinter in those eras you see what i'm saying so collectively to have those guys in that same field running at that same race all making and qualifying into the finals 100 meters is like winning the lottery that's how i look at it right top five fastest man all time top five fast man all time great stats What I love about 2024 is because of us leaving out of the sport, it gave a whole new kind of like reset.
Talia Parkinson-JonesCORRESPONDENT
Think about being really excited to wear the school uniform because in Jamaica, the school that you attend really sort of shapes your identity.
Talia Parkinson-JonesCORRESPONDENT
Track and field is huge here in Jamaica, and we're gonna meet Asafa Powell, who's a world-renowned track star.
Talia Parkinson-JonesCORRESPONDENT
When you look back at what you've been able to accomplish four times at the Olympics, breaking records, how do you sort of reflect on all of that?
Asafa PowellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're doing this for the entire country.
AishaHOST
arts do you wanna do you wanna give some names of
Made in ParisGUEST
course like obviously we have bob molly but if we go into like the deeper reggae and lovers rock archives like gregory at um dennis brown like the list goes on and then if we go to sports ball shellyanne fraser asafa powell and like considering it's such a small island i feel there's pride i'm half jamaican nigerian and And Jamaica is just the country that I've been to more so I can speak on it more.
Made in ParisGUEST
But I think I take a lot of that energy when I come back to London.
Made in ParisGUEST
I just operate in my daily life.
StevenHOST
be like these niggas He literally said I like watching people that are my age Why
EPHOST
Don't you want to be better than them Bro, like my senior year track, the first time I took it serious, all I did was watch Maurice Green and Asafa Powell.
EPHOST
I'm talking religiously, bro.
EPHOST
Coming out the breaks.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Okay.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Asafa, let's look at it this way.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Enwe no, ye mfe abstract ni yemra-
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Yes