Triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, former world
record holder Asafa Powell and current triple world champion Tyson Gay are set
to clash over 100 metres at the Van Damme Memorial golden league meet in Brussels on Friday.
The sprinters are the three fastest men of all time.
Bolt holds the world's two fastest times of 9.69 and 9.72 seconds. Powell equalled Bolt's previous best of 9.72 Tuesday while Gay clocked 9.77 seconds at the U.S. trials in June.
Gay also recorded 9.68 seconds at the trials, but had a following wind of 4 metres per second, well over the legal limit of 2 metres per second.
It will be Bolt's last race of the season, and the forecast calls for rain and cool temperatures, which bolt said he doesn't like.
Gay who is a losing semi-finalist in Beijing is not sure how his leg will hold up on Friday because of the lingering hamstring injury.
The Van Damme Memorial meet will be shown live on TVJ starting at 1pm on Friday.
Meanwhile, world record holder Bolt says he is not surprised by Asafa Powell's 9.72 seconds winning time in the 100 meters at the Lausanne super grand prix meet in Switzerland on Tuesday.
Bolt who clocked a world record 9.69 to win the 100 meters in Beijing in which Powell was 5th says his fellow Jamaican is a big athlete, who can beat world records.
Powell's time of 9.72 is the 2nd fastest time in history.
The sprinters are the three fastest men of all time.
Bolt holds the world's two fastest times of 9.69 and 9.72 seconds. Powell equalled Bolt's previous best of 9.72 Tuesday while Gay clocked 9.77 seconds at the U.S. trials in June.
Gay also recorded 9.68 seconds at the trials, but had a following wind of 4 metres per second, well over the legal limit of 2 metres per second.
It will be Bolt's last race of the season, and the forecast calls for rain and cool temperatures, which bolt said he doesn't like.
Gay who is a losing semi-finalist in Beijing is not sure how his leg will hold up on Friday because of the lingering hamstring injury.
The Van Damme Memorial meet will be shown live on TVJ starting at 1pm on Friday.
Meanwhile, world record holder Bolt says he is not surprised by Asafa Powell's 9.72 seconds winning time in the 100 meters at the Lausanne super grand prix meet in Switzerland on Tuesday.
Bolt who clocked a world record 9.69 to win the 100 meters in Beijing in which Powell was 5th says his fellow Jamaican is a big athlete, who can beat world records.
Powell's time of 9.72 is the 2nd fastest time in history.