Tyson Gay posive tt was for a banned steroid - BBC Sport

Contents:

• TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID
• TYSON GAY GETS ONE-YEAR BAN FOR FAILED DGS TT
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• TYSON GAY IS TRYG TO OUTN HIS PA, AND ’S NOT WORKG
• TYSON GAY PLANNG TO REPAY $500K EARNGS AFTER SPENSN
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• TYSON GAY SAYS HE SHOULD NOT BE SCRIBED AS A DGS CHEAT
• TYSON GAY OUT FOR THE RT OF THE YEAR WH HIP JURY
• OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY’S DGHTER TRY KILLED KENTUCKY SHOOTG
• TYSON GAY QUOT
• FPM INTERVIEW: TYSON GAY ON USA BOLT AND THE MOTIVATN OF FEAR
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• TYSON GAY'S 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS TRAG
• TEENAGE DGHTER OF OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY SHOT TO ATH KENTUCKY
• HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE
• VIDEO: TYSON GAY WS WH SEND-FASTT 100 TIME OF YEAR
• TYSON GAY AND THE ‘SPORTS GENE’

TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID

Former world 100m champn Tyson Gay tted posive for a banned steroid, the BBC has learned. News of the Amerin's failed tt emerged last month, but the tails of the substance he tted posive for have - until now - not been ma BBC has obtaed extracts of a letter sent to Gay by the Uned Stat Anti Dopg Agency (Usada) which outl the nature of the substance traced a sample he gave to dg tters durg the US World Champnship trials letter, dated 23 July, stat: "Usg the Carbon Isotope Rat Analysis reported that the sample had an adverse analytil fdg reflectg valu that are nsistent wh the admistratn of a steroid of exogeno [external] nature.

The are known as precursors of refed to ment on whether Gay had tted posive for a the agency nfirmed on 27 July that the 2007 world 100m champn failed at least two tts. After whdrawg om the US squad, Gay blamed a member of his back-up team for the failed tts. "There have been reports the Uned Stat lkg Gay to an Atlanta-based anti-ageg doctor lled Clayton Gibson.

Gibson has nfirmed workg wh Gay, but has been quoted sayg his clic do not give s clients "synthetic" is thought Gay, who worked closely wh Usada on anti-dopg mpaigns the past and volunteered for extra ttg, is -operatg wh the agency to try to rce his sentence return for evince and rmatn on others who may be volved a wir dopg rg.

TYSON GAY GETS ONE-YEAR BAN FOR FAILED DGS TT

Although Usada would not talk about the specifics of Gay's se, chief executive Travis Tygart told the BBC: "We appreciate Mr Gay takg rponsibily for his cisns and for voluntarily removg himself om the World Champnships. Amerin former 100m and 200m world champn Tyson Gay has been spend for a year after ttg posive for a banned anabolic, 31, has also returned the silver medal he won the 4x100m relay at the London Olympics two years rults sce 15 July 2012, the date he first ed a product ntag a banned substance, have been spensn has been backdated to 23 June 2013, the date he tted posive at the US World Champnship was one of three tts Gay failed, wh two taken out of, the jot-send fastt man ever over 100m, is eligible to return next month and n pete future Olympics and World uld have been banned for up to two years but received a lighter penalty as he -operated wh the US Anti-Dopg Agency (Usada).

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

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79sGay immediately exprsed regret after his posive tt at last year's US World Champnship said: "I don't have a sabotage story... "Gay won gold the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the 2007 World April, former world 100m rerd holr Asafa Powell, whose posive tt was revealed on the same day as Gay's, received an 18-month ban. Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U.

TYSON GAY IS TRYG TO OUTN HIS PA, AND ’S NOT WORKG

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 PLANNG TO REPAY $500K EARNGS AFTER SPENSN

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.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

“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.

TYSON GAY SAYS HE SHOULD NOT BE SCRIBED AS A DGS CHEAT

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.

TYSON GAY OUT FOR THE RT OF THE YEAR WH HIP JURY

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.

OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY’S DGHTER TRY KILLED KENTUCKY SHOOTG

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.

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

TYSON GAY QUOT

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.

FPM INTERVIEW: TYSON GAY ON USA BOLT AND THE MOTIVATN OF FEAR

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. Addg to the spense around the 2012 Gam, Gay’s triumph 2010 stands as Bolt’s most recent loss, and the Gay vs. Gay knows that orr to achieve his goal of standg at the top of the podium this summer, he’ll have to be at his absolute bt.

“I want to be the bt, ” says Gay. Tyson Gay’s Workout.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Injuri have ravaged Gay throughout the last few years of his petive reer, and to get his body back to world-class ndn, he had to start om the ground up. Tyson Gay: “The glute mcl need to be strong for sprtg, and dog the BOSU Squat really fir the glut up. Gay: “This exercise helps me stay stable through my abdomal mcl.

TYSON GAY'S 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS TRAG

Gay: “The BOSU Ph-Up works the upper body and also helps stabilize the re.

Gay: “This helps wh the trajectory and force of my arms gog back and drivg forward. Tyson Gay: Runng BackBy STACKPublished On: 2012-06-01.

Tyson Gay isn’t really ready to race aga.

TEENAGE DGHTER OF OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY SHOT TO ATH KENTUCKY

Gay, 34, is a man mourng, wh an ache so profound ’s physil, and not equipped to pete agast the ft sprters the Uned Stat their peak ndn. Well, Gay didn’t advance out of the first round of qualifyg the 100-meter dash.

Every day, ” Gay said this week. Try and Tyson Gay 2014AP.

HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

Try Gay was shot outsi a Lexgton rtrant early last Oct. “You’re upset you uldn’t be there to stop , ” Tyson Gay said.

Gay said he didn’t tra at all for more than a month after Try’s ath. Gay’s reer is twilight.

VIDEO: TYSON GAY WS WH SEND-FASTT 100 TIME OF YEAR

He remas the last man to beat Bolt at an Olympics or world champnships, back 2007, when Gay swept the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100-meter relay tl at worlds.

In 2013, some of Gay’s rerds — cludg a relay silver medal om the 2012 Olympics — were vated after he tted posive for steroids. It’s somethg I loved, ” Gay said.

TYSON GAY AND THE ‘SPORTS GENE’

Last week, Tyson Gay was given a retroactive one-year spensn for e of a banned substance.

Gay now plans to pay back the money he ma while g the anabolic steroid datg back to 2012. Acrdg to The Telegraph, Gay has already begun the procs of repayg both his prize money and appearance earngs.