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• TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

TYSON GAY

Tyson Gay, the jot send fastt 100m sprter history, has cid to h the ice the natnal event at Calgary after ‘a handful of days’ experience phg a sled’.

Nike said had no plans to add Tyson Gay to their stable after agreed to a sponsorship al wh another disgraced Amerin sprter, Jt Gatl. Tyson Gay fished send behd Jt Gatl on his return to the 100m and spoke of his relief to be back followg dgs ban. The Amerin sprter Tyson Gay's failed dgs tt was for a banned steroid, acrdg to the Uned Stat Anti-Dopg Agency.

— Sprter Tyson Gay accepted a one-year spensn Friday after ttg posive for a banned substance nearly a year ago and returned the silver medal he won the men's 400-meter relay at the 2012 London Olympics. The US Anti-Dopg Agency announced that Gay's one-year ban began June 23, the day his sample was llected at the U. As part of the penalty, Gay, the Amerin rerd-holr the 100, also accepted loss of rults datg to July 15, 2012, the date of when he first ed a product that ntaed a banned substance.

TYSON GAY

Gay has given his medal back to the Uned Stat Olympic Commtee.

USADA said a statement that upon receivg notifitn of his posive tts, Gay voluntarily whdrew om all petn prr to the 2013 world champnships Mosw and has not peted sce. The 31-year-old Gay uld've been given a penalty twice as long, but received nsiratn after assistg USADA the vtigatn to his posive tt. Gay was at the top of his game at the 2007 world champnships Osaka, Japan, pturg gold the 100, 200 and 400 relay.

TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

Meanwhile, Gay has alt wh one jury after another, cludg straed gros, hamstrg tightns and hip surgery. Before last season, Gay's tt rults never raised any red flags. A month later, Gay rerd a posive at the U.

Gay said at the time: "I don't have a sabotage story. In a statement released by USA Track and Field, CEO Max Siegel said the anizatn is "gravely disappoted any time an athlete performance-enhancg dgs, and Tyson Gay's se serv as a lson about the nsequenc of makg poor cisns.