ARTICLE - ASAFA POWELL WINS MILLIONS

Asafa Powell led from start to finish to win the 100 metres in 9.86 seconds and join two other athletes in earning big paydays at the ISTAF meet in Berlin, Germany, yesterday.
Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards also earned US$249 999 each by winning their events.
Wariner, the world and Olympic champion, completed a sweep of six wins in six Golden League races, taking the 400 metres in 44.26 seconds.
Richards won the women's 400 by nearly a second in beating another American, Dee Dee Trotter. Richards eased home in 49.81 and Trotter was second in 50.87.
Powell, the world record co-holder from Jamaica, set a meet record in beating Tyson Gay of the United States, who was second in 9.96, with another American, Leonard Scott, third in 10.07.
"The crowd helped me a lot but it was not enough for another world record," Powell said.
The Jamaican shares the world record at 9.77 with Justin Gatlin, but is likely to become sole holder when the American is stripped of his time as expected because of doping.
The three winners swept their events at all six stops on the Golden League series, assuring them of a three-way split of US$500 000.
They also took US$83 333 each from another US$500 000 purse shared by six athletes. For the first time, the US$1 million total jackpot was split into two different purses – one half for six-time winners and one half for five-time winners.
World champion Tirunesh Dibaba failed in her bid to take a slice of the entire jackpot when she was beaten in the women's 5 000 metres by Ethiopian compatriot Meseret Defar.
Defar, the Olympic champion and world record holder, powered ahead with a strong kick in the last 30 metres to beat Dibaba for the first time in six Golden League meets this season, finishing in 15:02.51 minutes. Dibaba had to settle for second at 15:02.87.
World record holder Kenenisa Bekele won the men's 5 000, and Panama's Irving Saladino took the men's long jump to join Dibaba on five wins. Each earned US$83 333.