5 Ekim 2007 Cuma

Gay to dash 100, Powell at 200, Richards over 400


At 100m, Gay will face the Netherlands Antilles’ Churandy Martina, fifth in the World Championships at both 100m and 200m, USA’s J.J. Johnson (who will also race the 200m) and Japan’s Nobuharu Asahara. Over 200m, Powell will take-on Canada’s Tyler Christopher, sixth at 400m in the World Championships, and Japan’s Shinji Takahira.
Sanya Richards, the 2006 World Athlete of the Year, was fifth at the 200m in Osaka, but will be running 400m, the distance at which she is the season’s world leader. Richards anchored home the gold medal winning US 4x400m relay team in Osaka, and will be facing Christine Amertil, who was seventh in the 2004 Olympic Games. The best Japanese in the women’s one lap are Asami Tanno, national 400m record holder and Satomi Kubokura, national 400mH record holder.

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