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Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay test positive for banned substances
In the run-up to both the Athens and Beijing Olympics, Powell had been seen by many as a potential champion, and few at that time were disagreeing with a still standing world record of having run almost 90 races under 10 secs.
In 2011, he had owned the fastest 100 m of the season at 9.78 sec going into the Daegu world championships, before pulling out with more groin problems.
Other career high points include his 100 m victory at the 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne during a year when he also won all six European Golden League meetings for a cash prize of US$250,000 and the gong as IAAF athlete of the year.
And then came 2008 and the sensational emergence of Bolt, who had been a virtual unknown until setting a blistering new world record in New York in May that year and taking the honor from Powell.
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