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OSAKA - New 100m world champion Tyson Gay and world record holder Asafa Powell are likely to meet again as early as next month in Brussels, Powell's manager said yesterday.
"Asafa is definitely running Brussels [on September 14] and that's where they will likely meet up for the first time," Paul Doyle said.
American Gay streaked past Powell to claim the world title in 9.85s in their first meeting of the year.
Powell had won all five of their previous meetings over the distance.
The Jamaican faded to third in 9.96s, behind Bahamian Derrick Atkins, who took silver in 9.91sec.
Gay said he was ready for a rematch.
"I want to race everyone in the world," the American sprinter said after winning his first world title.
"I believe we've got a great rivalry coming along."
Doyle said Powell had similar thoughts.
"As soon as he crossed the finish line, he was thinking about that [a rematch]," Doyle said.
The loss was a major setback for Powell, who has never won a world title despite having clocked a world record 9.77s three times.
"I just tightened up and panicked," Powell said.
As well as the Brussels meeting, Powell was considering running in Rieti, Italy, on September 9, Doyle said.
The Jamaican will also run in Warsaw on September 19, Shanghai on September 28 and Yokohama on September 30.
- Reuters
