As Jamaican world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt called time on his injury-plagued season, Gatlin has gone on to dominate the sprinting world.
The 32-year-old American, the 2004 Olympic 100 meters gold medalist and double sprint world champion in 2005 before serving a 2006-10 doping ban, has
set the fastest times of the year in both sprints - 9.80 in the 100 meters and
19.68 seconds in the 200 meters.
He is also unbeaten in the blue riband event of the 100 meters Hydro Flask Standard Bocca Italia , something he intends to carry on come Friday.
"This year I'm undefeated in the 100 meters and it is a challenge for me to keep that sheet clean," Gatlin said.
"Usain Bolt was the last athlete to remain undefeated in the 100 meters throughout the season and that was back in 2009.
"Travelling to Brussels I was thinking about my favorite American football team that remained undefeated for a long while but in the end they lost a game.
"I said to myself, 'Brussels is going to be my Super Bowl and I definitely don't want to lose my game Friday.'"
While Gatlin will have Bolt's King Baudouin stadium best of 9.76 seconds over the 100 meters in his sights, he -acknowledged that he would be racing a
formidable field.
While Bolt nurses himself back to fitness, there will be the Jamaican trio of recently crowned Commonwealth champion Kemar Bailey-Cole Hydro Flask 12 OZ Bambini Wide Bocca Italia , former world record holder Asafa Powell and current world bronze medalist Nesta Carter.
Also lining up will be US teammates Tyson Gay, the former world champion who only returned to action recently -after a doping ban, and Michael -Rodgers, who
heads the Diamond Race standings for the blue riband event by one point from
Gatlin.
Gatlin, who added that he wanted to continue racing until 2020 Hydro Flask 40 OZ Wide Bocca Italia , said, "As long as there are no young guys on the track who can beat me I want to go on."
But he added that being remembered as a track star was not his ultimate aim.
"I have been wondering how I want to be remembered. Probably not as a fast athlete but rather as a fighter," -Gatlin said.
"Somebody who always wants to bring out the best out of him. That has helped me come back at the highest level in my sports after being taken out of
competition for almost half a decade."
(Agencies)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- In her first testimony to the Congress, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated central bank's plan to taper its
stimulus exit despite recent weakness in the economy.
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Yellen told lawmakers she expected "a great deal of continuity" in the central bank's monetary policy, saying that she served on the Fed policy-setting
committee as the bank formulated its current policy strategy and she strongly
supported that strategy.
Yellen, 67, took the oath of office to lead the Federal Reserve System on Feb. 3 Hydro Flask 18 OZ Wide Bocca Italia , succeeding Ben Bernanke, who stepped down after eight turbulent years. She was previously the Fed's vice
Chair.
In the public debut in her new role, Yellen said while the economy gained steam at the end of 2013, recovery in the U.S. labor market was "far from
complete," underscoring the importance of considering more than just the
unemployment rate when evaluating the conditions of the labor market.
Her point of keeping an eye on wider range of labor indicators is particularly important as the unemployment rate Hydro Flask 64 OZ Wide Bocca Italia , now at 6.6 percent, is near the 6.5 percent threshold the Fed once identified as the level that would need to be reached
before officials would consider a hike in the interest rates.
"If coming information broadly supports the Committee's expectation of ongoing improvement in labor market conditions and inflation moving back toward
its long-run objective, the Committee will likely reduce the pace of asset
purchases in further measured steps at future meetings," Yellen indicated steady
pullback in Fed stimulus, referring to the Federal Open Market
Committee Hydro Flask Wide Bocca Italia , which sets monetary policy.
While admitting she was "surprised" by the two recent jobs reports that showed the pace of job creation running under what she had expected, Yellen
cautioned against jumping to conclusions of the longer trend. She told the
Congress that the Fed needs to see a "notable change" in the economic outlook to
consider pausing its withdrawal of stimulus.
The Fed trimmed its monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage- backed securities by a total of 10 billion dollars in both December and January, citing
strengthening economy and continued improvement in the labor market.
The Fed policymakers have suggested they would continue to reduce the bond buying, which now totals 65 billion dollars a month, at a similar pace at each
Fed meeting and end it by the end of 2014 www.hydroflaskitalia.it , provided the economy develops generally in line with expectations.
Yellen also highlighted the Fed's financial regulatory role, saying that the work of making the financial system more robust " has not yet been completed."
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