Asafa Powell a.k.a the ‘Sub-10 King‘ has landed in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Olympics set for August 5-21. The Jamaican sprinter has revealed on Instagram that he is currently at the Olympic training camp.
Powell was named in Jamaica’s 63-member Olympic delegation to the Olympic games by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), the national governing body for the sport of athletics / track and field in Jamaica: 59 in Track and Field, 2 swimmers, 1 diver and 1 Gymnast.
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This will be an odd Olympics for the former record holder as he was named to compete in only the 4x100m relays with teammates Nickel Ashmeade, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, and Jevaughn Minzie. He failed to qualify for Men’s 100m after finishing fourth at the Jamaican Olympic Trials in Kingston on Jul 2.
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Of the 59 track athletes Jamaica will send to Rio, 42 will be running or hurdling over distances of 400 meters or less.
