Asafa Powell, who held the men’s 100m world record before Usain Bolt, did not race the opening rounds of the Jamaica Olympic Trials 100m, putting him in line to miss the Olympics for the first time since 2000.
Powell, 38, owns the record of 97 career sub-10-second 100m performances, the last coming on Sept. 1, 2016. He did not make the 100m final at the Jamaican Championships in 2017 or 2019, missing both world championships teams.
Powell lowered the 100m world record to 9.77 seconds on June 14, 2005. He held the mark until Bolt broke it on May 31, 2008, for the first of three times.