Since 2005, the trio of Bolt, Gay and Powell, have between them run the 16 quickest 100m marks in history. Bolt has been the main headline-maker, with world records of 9.69 and 9.58 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 Berlin World Championships, but Gay, with 9.69, and Powell, with 9.72, are the second and third fastest men to have worn spikes.

Powell has beaten it seven times, Bolt five, and Gay four. And people are hoping to see them race each other more often.

In 2009, Bolt and Gay met only at the World Championships in what turned out to be the dream podium: Bolt, Gay and Powell.

On the World Athletics Tour, Bolt raced Powell only twice, in London and Zurich, winning both. The Diamond League is designed to encourage more head-to-heads, such as the frequent encounters between Gay and Powell. They clashed in WAT races in Rome, Stockholm, Brussels, Thessaloniki (World Athletics Final) and Shanghai, as well as in Daegu.

Gay defeated Powell at all except Brussels. In Shanghai, Gay set an American record 9.69, having equalled it in Rome. With his 9.71 at the World Championships thrown in, Gay recorded three of the four fastest times of the year in 2009.

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