Usain Bolt, Jamaica’s world record holder in the 100 metres and his fellow countryman and former world record holder Asafa Powell are confirmed to meet each other at DN Galan, July 22 at Stockholm Olympic Stadium.

It will be a loaded, hot and exclusive explosion on an arena that has seen more world records – 83 – than any other athletics field in the world. It will also be the only meeting in Europe where these fast giants will face each other before the Olympics in Beijing.

- This may well be the most attractive duel that meeting promoters have been chasing this year and we are proud that we won the fight. This is, of course, a highly interesting meeting prior to the Olympics. In a serious race. They met at the Jamaican championships, but both had turned off the engines as they crossed the finish line, says Rajne Söderberg, meeting director of DN Galan.

That race was won by Usain Bolt with 9,80 – slowing down, that is. What does this mean for the duel at Stockholm Olympic Stadium? You may recall how Maurice Greene and Ato Boldon raced each other and the Stadium record down to 9,87. In 2006 Asafa Powell set the current Stadium record 9,86, so it is obviously possible to run fast at the arena with its fine old traditions. The question is how fast?

Usain Bolt set the world record with 9,72 at Icahn Stadium in New York earlier this year. In only his fifth(!) race he erased fellow countryman Asafa Powell’s previous record of 9,74 seconds. In New York Bolt also beat the world champion, American Tyson Gay.

The line up at DN Galan is of the highest world class. In addition to Bolt and Powell it includes Derrick Atkins, Bahamas, who has a personal best of 9,91 as well as the most interesting sprinter in Europe, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.

The 24-year old was born in Gambia, but moved to Norway and is a Norwegian citizen. Jaysuma’s personal best is 10,01 from Doha, May 9 of this year and it is the seventh fastest time in history in Europe. At Stockholm Olympic Stadium against the world’s fastest men he will get an excellent opportunity to break the magical ten-second barrier.