Tyson Gay says he should not be scribed as a dgs cheat - BBC Sport

Contents:

• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• TYSON GAY OUT FOR THE RT OF THE YEAR WH HIP JURY
• TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID
• TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL
• TYSON GAY SAYS HE SHOULD NOT BE SCRIBED AS A DGS CHEAT
• TYSON GAY OUT OF WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS DUE TO HIP JURY
• INJURY HAS HELPED ME, SAYS RELAXED GAY
• HEARTBREAKG FISH FOR TYSON GAY
• TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG 'TOO FAST FOR HIS BODY' CHASG USA BOLT
• GAY OUT UNTIL 2012 WH HIP JURY
• TYSON GAY FEELG HEALTHY AGA
• OLYMPICS '08: TYSON GAY ON HIS INJURY
• TYSON GAY WHDRAWS OM U.S. TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPNSHIPS WH NAGGG JURY

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

News08 Jul 2011Tyson Gay has arthrospic surgery on hip and is out of petn until 2012Tyson Gay en route to his big w over Usa Bolt the Stockholm 100m (© De Text&Bild)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, the reigng World 100m bronze medallist, and the send fastt 100m (9.

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

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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.

TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID

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 SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

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.

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

The jury forced Gay to whdraw om the 200m race at the 2008 Olympics.

TYSON GAY OUT OF WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS DUE TO HIP JURY

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. 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.

INJURY HAS HELPED ME, SAYS RELAXED GAY

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.

HEARTBREAKG FISH FOR TYSON GAY

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. 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.

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

“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. 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 OUT UNTIL 2012 WH HIP JURY

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.

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 FEELG HEALTHY AGA

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.

OLYMPICS '08: TYSON GAY ON HIS INJURY

Tyson Gay – Olympic Sprter In the middle of petn season, ele sprter and Olympic favore Tyson Gay uldn’t ignore his hip pa anymore.

TYSON GAY WHDRAWS OM U.S. TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPNSHIPS WH NAGGG JURY

Gay jured his hip durg the US natnal trialsTyson Gay will miss the World Champnships after havg his season end by a hip sprter, 28, who would have been one of Usa Bolt's ma rivals South Korea, whdrew before his 100m semi-fal at the US natnal had an arthrospic procre on his hip and will now foc on preparg for next summer's Olympics London.

"I've been bandagg up (and) uldn't really take () anymore, " Gay said. ""It is a big blow, " said Dix of Gay's loss to the relay squad. "Gay has been badly affected by juri sce wng the 100m and 200m world tl Osaka 2008, he was jured durg the 200m at the US Olympic trials and later that year failed to make the 100m fal at the Beijg followg year, he pulled out of the 200m after takg 100m silver behd Bolt when the Jamain broke the world rerd at the World Champnships world rerd holr Asafa Powell edged out Bolt's trag partner Yohan Blake to w the Jamain 100m trials for the World clocked a wng time of 10.

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.