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Asafa Powell (born 11 November 1982 ) is a Jamaican Sprinter and the current 100 m world record holder. Powell first came to the attention of the athletics world at the 2003 World Championships when he suffered the ignominity of being the 'other' athlete disqualified for a false start in the semi-final where Jon Drummond memorably refused to leave the track having suffered the same fate. The following season Powell, one of the gold medal favorites for 2004 Olympic 100 m (after clocking sub-10 second times a record-equalling 9 times in a season), Powell finished a disappointing fifth in the Athens final. However, he gained some consolation by breaking the 100 m world record, in Athens again, on June 14 , 2005 , setting a time of 9.77 s. This beat American Tim Montgomery 's 2002 record of 9.78 s (which was later disqualified due to doping allegations against Montgomery) by just one one-hundredth of a second. Coincidentally, Powell achieved the feat on the same track as Maurice Greene 's 1999 world record of 9.79 s. Wind assistance for Powell was measured at 1.6 m/s - a gentle breeze - well within the IAAF legal limit of 2.0 m/s. Asafa Powell was going to be an electrical engineer before he decided to start running. His elder brother Donovan Powell was a 100 m semi-finalist in the 1999 World Championships . Unlike many of his compatriots, Powell decided against moving to the USA to further his career and continues to train in Kingston, Jamaica where he often runs on grass wearing flat shoes. Asafa won the 2006 Commonwealth Games title easily but had to get through a drama filled semi-final which saw two disqualifications, 3 false starts and Powell himself running into another competitor's lane while looking at the scoreboard (he was held not to have impeded the other runner). On April 24 , 2006 , Asafa was announced as global brand spokesperson for Nutrilite , a leading global nutritional brand sold exclusively by Amway and Quixtar distributors. Asafa began taking Nutrilite supplements three months before he broke the world record, and credits it with helping him overcome low energy levels during 2005. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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