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When Roy met Asafa

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Rare is the time Andrew Symonds has sought a runner, his pain threshold similar to that of a slab of granite. But when the opportunity arose for an audience with Asafa Powell, the fastest man in history and favourite for 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics, the Australian all-rounder could not
Symonds, nicknamed Roy, has often sought inspiration from other sports - rugby league the most obvious example -- and Wednesday was no exception. On the eve of the first Test at Sabina Park, he slipped away from Australia's team base for a training session with Powell's MVP track club at Jamaica's National Stadium.
"I always find that there's something to leam from other successful athletes, even if your sports aren't too similar," Symonds said.
"What he has achieved in his career so far is pretty amazing, and it was great to see and hear first-hand
about the things Asafa does to get where he is.
"Knowing what I know now, it will make watching the Olympics later this year even more interesting."
On a sweltering morning in Kingston, Symonds and Stuart Karppinen, Australia's strength and conditioning trainer, assumed the roles of spectator as Powell continued his comeback from a chest injury in the shadows of Long Mountain.
Both snapped photographs and compared observational notes as the Commonwealth Games gold medallist -- who has broken 10 seconds for the 100m a staggering 33 times and holds the world record at 9.74 -- went through his paces.
Though dreadlocks are de rigueur in this part of the world, Symonds's trackside presence did not go unnoticed.
The burly Queenslander's shoulder charge, which floored an errant streaker at the Gabba earlier this year, attracted as much discussion as his exploits with bat and ball.
Powell, for his part, was delighted by the Australian's visit.
"Everybody knows who he is and what he's done," Powell said. "He's a great player. With travel and training it, can be hard to keep up with the cricket, but I'll definitely try to get down to Sabina Park this week to watch him."
Symonds's meeting with Powell might have been the headline moment of the morning session, but it was another that left the must enduring impression on the Australian.
Symonds was moved by the condi -tions under which Powell and teammates train. While his sprinting contemporaries benefit from the latest technology and facilities at various institutes of sports and colleges, Powell trains at a small, dilapidated sprinting track, which doubles as a football field on weekends.
"We tend to whinge and complain sometimes if our drink's not cold enough, so to sec such successful athletes working in pretty basic surroundings was humbling," Symonds said. "It makes you appreciate how lucky we are to have all the facilities that are available to us."