Human to Hero: Tyson Gay primed for Olympic challenge | CNN

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Tyson Gay had never won a medal a major champnship. But last night Nagai Stadium he arrived on the podium style: wh a gold the 100 metr." class="jsx-249804203

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AFTER BLUNR, GAY SETS U.S. RERD 100 METERS

* tyson gay 2007 *

Osaka, JapanTyson Gay had never won a medal a major champnship.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

Tyson Gay, the 2007 world champn the 100 meters, set a Uned Stat rerd of 9.77 sends wng his quarterfal heat that event. * tyson gay 2007 *

After Gay had posned himself as the fastt sprter the world this season wh a personal bt of 9.

By takg the 100m gold Gay ntued an Amerin domance the World Champnships. And there is more to e om Gay Osaka.

And is aga Gay who leads the world lists this year wh 19. Gay had clocked both his personal bts at 100 and 200m (the 100m time beg the send fastt ever n to a head w) June at the US Champnships Indianapolis.

TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

Tyson Gay, the 2007 World 100m and 200m champn, who due to jury had to pull out of the send round of the 100 metr at the recent USATF is out for the rt of the season after unrgog arthrospic surgery." class="jsx-249804203 * tyson gay 2007 *

Addnally Gay had been unlucky when his 9.

“At the begng of the season I had a lot of succs and ran great tim, but then I was feelg a b tired and my rults were no longer that good”, said Gay, who clocked 10.

HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

Tyson Gay says that Lance Brman, who has not been on the track the last ne months, is the ma reason that the nner is a favore champnships that beg Saturday. * tyson gay 2007 *

At the Olympic trials 2004 I cramped and 2005 I was fourth at the World Champnships Helski”, said Gay (each the 200). Still Tyson Gay adms that he was not sure before yterday if he would w the battle wh Asafa Powell.

TYSON GAY

When Tyson Gay sprted to three gold medals at the 2007 world champnships, looked like the Amerin would be athletics’ next superstar – but that dream unraveled as another man emerged to nquer all. * tyson gay 2007 *

“I was nervo and was askg myself if people would accept if I would not w – but my mother and my fay all lmed me down before tonight”, said Gay, who got an extra boost om his ach on the morng before the race. The suatn wh Lance Brman beg jailed for d for one year last November is well-known and ma the succs of Gay an even bigger story.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* TYSON GAY 2007

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