I think that Asafa will be on top of his game. He
will let everyone know he is back at melrose games the
1st friday in Feb, and then he will be a force to
reconned with in March. I believe he will make his
name stand as the fastest man to beat in 2006.






In asafapowell@yahoogroups.com, "jamaicantrackfan"
<jamaicantrackfan@y...> wrote:
> Just would like input from everyone as to how you think Asafa will
do
> next year barring any unforseen injury.
>
> Apart from next year's Commonwealth Games (in March I think),
Asafa
> does not have any championship meets to worry about.
>
> I think he will come back as strong as ever, just as he was in the
> early part of 2005 when he broke the world record as well as doing
as
> good as his killer 2004 season when he went 9 times under 10
seconds
> and only lost one race of the year.
>
> Even though Gatlin is a great sprinter and won the Olympic and
World
> titles at 100m, I really do believe that Asafa is a stronger
sprinter
> than Gatlin. In 2004 when both athletes were healthy, Asafa
regularly
> beat Gatlin on the GP circuit and only lost to him at the Olympic
> Games. Its only unfortunate that Asafa got injured in 2005. It
would
> have also been another killer season
>
> I just can't wait for their matchups in 2005. I truly do believe
Asafa
> will dominate Gatlin or any other sprinter that comes along.