US 100 metres champion Walter Dix does not plan to be intimidated by Jamaica's sprint machine at the world championships.
Dix, who won bronze medals in both the 100 and 200m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where Jamaican Usain Bolt ripped up the record books, was oozing with confidence after his win over Justin Gatlin in Friday's U.S. world trials.
"Jamaicans, they're fast. They are just about as good as us," Dix told reporters after he pipped Gatlin by a hundredth of a second in Friday's race. "So it will be like competing against us, just more of us."
Bolt, former world record holder Asafa Powell , young Yohan Blake and impressive Steve Mullings will line up for Jamaica against the American trio of Dix, Gatlin and former U.S. champion Mike Rodgers in Daegu, South Korea.
Tyson Gay, the world's second fastest man behind Bolt, did not make the U.S. team after withdrawing from the semi-finals with hip problems.
Dix admitted the Americans would have to step up without Gay, but said, "It's not going to be anything different than what happened at this meet. I'm just going to get ready to run faster."
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