PARIS, France (AFP) — Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell is set to light up Paris’ Diamond League meet on Saturday in the absence of injured Usain Bolt.

Bolt was a late withdrawal from both the French capital’s meet and that in Lausanne next week, pulling out with a problematic pelvis injury that has left him seeking treatment from world-renowned German doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt.

“He’s the best doctor in the world …” said Bolt, who is suffering from a blocked sacroiliac joint in the pelvis which affects his left leg and could potentially put in jeopardy his participation in next month’s World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

So it falls to 32-year-old Powell to fill Bolt’s shoes in Paris, while Jamaica’s double world and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also goes in what promises to be a very competitive women’s 100m.

“My personal best is 9.72sec (set in 2008), so at my best I know I can run that. But I want to run another personal best, that’s what I’m focused on, not anyone else,” said Powell, who will be up against American duo Michael Rodgers and Ryan Bailey, veteran Kim Collins and teammate Nesta Carter.

“I’ve been very exposed for a long time and now I feel very good below the radar,” Powell admitted.

“With a view to the worlds in Beijing, it would be good to run a little faster than my times so far this season.”

Fraser-Pryce is promised a tough time in the women’s 100m, having already notched up the best time of the season (10.79sec), a performance equalled by American English Gardner, also competing in Paris.

Ivory Coast’s Murielle Ahoure is leading the IAAF Diamond League ranking while also in the field will be reigning European champion Dafne Schippers, the Dutch sprinter having brought her personal best down to 10.94sec in May.