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A look at Amerin sprter Tyson Gay, who will pete the 2012 Beijg Olympics

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TYSON GAY NNG WH HEAVY HEART AFTER DGHTER'S ATH SHOOTG

Tyson Gay, at 35, is still sprtg, but his dghter's ath is a tragedy that torments him daily. * tyson gay still running *

That's why Tyson Gay nearly walked away om racg.

But you try to live wh , " said Gay, who peted the first round of the 100 on Thursday night at the U. "I thk about my dghter every day, " Gay said. "You're upset you uldn't be there to stop , " Gay said.

"The funeral, the wake, the burial, everythg was unreal, " Gay said. She never thought of herself as the dghter of Tyson Gay.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

On Thursday night Lsanne, Swzerland, three sprters broke the 10-send barrier for the 100 metr: Jt Gatl, Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers. Gatl’s 9.80secs was the quickt time the world this year. * tyson gay still running *

She was Try Gay. "I was so proud of her wh that, " Gay said. Gay is the Amerin rerd holr the 100 (9.

He was part of a team that won a silver medal the 4x100 relay at the 2012 London Gam, though that medal was ultimately stripped after Gay tted posive for steroids 2013.

AFTER HIP SURGERY, TYSON GAY LOOKS TO RETURN TO FULL STRENGTH

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"I've been through every major upset and every major strser that life n give you, " Gay said. It's somethg I loved, " Gay said.

Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U. Throughout Gay’s early reer, wng rac meant phg himself to extrem durg trag. Like that of many young athlet, Gay’s workout strategy was to go as hard as he uld, for as long as he uld, the gym and on the track.

“I’ve always done that sce I was young, ” says the soft-spoken Gay. Gay’s new outlook is part of his natural growth as a world-class athlete. Gay knows what’s on the le this summer.

TYSON GAY’S TRAG AND DIET

Tyson Gay sent a warng to his rivals that he still has plenty left the tank after nng the fastt 100 metr this year. * tyson gay still running *

Before Jamain world-rerd holr Usa Bolt took track and field by storm, Gay was the domant force the sport’s marquee events: the 100m and 200m. At the 2007 World Champnships Osaka, Japan, Gay beme only the send man history to w tl the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay.

Gay seemed sted to reach his peak at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijg. “I felt a ltle twge my hamstrg, ” Gay says.

The jury forced Gay to whdraw om the 200m race at the 2008 Olympics. That loss opened the door for Bolt, who upstaged Gay’s tle sweep Osaka by claimg Olympic gold the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m events Beijg.

JT GATL AND TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG FAST BUT THEY ARE STILL MAKG DOP OF ALL

Gay never fully revered om the hamstrg jury, but he ocsnally showed flash of brilliance, most notably 2010 at the DN Galan Stockholm Diamond League event. Racg the lane next to Bolt, Gay shocked the track world wh a mandg performance and upset victory, handg Bolt his send loss ever a 100m event.

Ls than a year after that fg victory, Gay experienced yet another setback. The operatn put Gay on ctch for the first time his life, and kept him off the track until mid April of this year, a few months before the start of the Olympics.

To get himself om the hospal bed to the track, Gay had to rebuild his body om the ground up. “I have to stay mentally strong through the revery procs to know that I n acplish my goals, bee ’s not a team sport, ” Gay says. After four months away om the weight room, Gay was chg to get back.

TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG 'TOO FAST FOR HIS BODY' CHASG USA BOLT

After pletg this ted but necsary first phase, Gay was able to get back to liftg like an ele Olympic sprter.

TYSON GAY WARNS RIVALS HE N STILL N FASTER

Gay knows how eatg right and fuelg properly n be the difference between wng and losg. By week five of the power-buildg phase of his program, Gay was maxg out wh 350 pounds on his Deadlift—not the rapid progrs the 5’11”, 165-pound powerhoe had grown acctomed to over his reer, but a posive sign nsirg what his body had been through. “It’s not a lot, but ’s a lot for me only dog Deadlifts for power for five weeks, ” Gay says, addg, “It’s hard not to overdo wh the trag, but I’m learng how to be patient.

The Deadlift, Squat and RDL were Gay’s primary lower-body lifts durg his six-week power phase.

TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT

From there, Gay transned to the explosive phase, g the same lifts as he did the power phase.

After nearly two months of long ns on grass and up hills—”The purpose of that is to keep the poundg off my body, ” he says—Gay returned to the track, performg real block starts for distanc of 30 and 60 meters.

If everythg works acrdg to plan, Gay will peak this summer when he’s ready to n for the gold. It may be unfair to p the Olympic hop of an entire natn on one man, but if there’s one sprter who is pable of throng Bolt, ’s Gay.

TYSON GAY

Addg to the spense around the 2012 Gam, Gay’s triumph 2010 stands as Bolt’s most recent loss, and the Gay vs.

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