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

Contents:

• TYSON GAY’S TRAG AND DIET
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• TYSON GAY NNG WH HEAVY HEART AFTER DGHTER'S ATH SHOOTG
• TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID
• JON DMMOND SU TYSON GAY AND USADA CEO
• KENTUCKY RUNNG COMMUNY MOURNS THE LOSS OF TRY GAY
• TYSON GAY
• TYSON GAY ACCEPTS ONE-YEAR SPENSN
• BRIEF CHAT: TYSON GAY ON THE WAY BACK
• TYSON GAY'S FORMER ACH JON DMMOND SU SPRTER OVER DOPG ALLEGATNS
• AFTER HIP SURGERY, TYSON GAY LOOKS TO RETURN TO FULL STRENGTH
• TYSON GAY QUOT
• TYSON GAY BGRAPHY, LIFE, INTERTG FACTS
• 2012 ADIDAS GRAND PRIX: TYSON GAY TO N 100 METER ROUND, BY LARRY ER
• ANOTHER INTERVIEW WH TYSON GAY
• TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT

TYSON GAY’S TRAG AND DIET

But as Ameri's own Tyson Gay (who many crics of nng say would be the bt if not for a man whose last name happens to be Bolt) pet the 4x100 relay later this week, he's relyg on a different secret weapon. Ameri’s Tyson Gay may be spendg much of his time on the track lookg at the back of Usa Bolt at the moment, but he is still one of the greatt sprters the World, and also Ameri’s ft.

However, even when behd bars, he guid Tyson Gay by givg him a year trag plan to follow and also spoke regularly wh him on the phone. Tyson Gay is not jt a sprter, but also a footballer at heart.

Throughout Gay’s early reer, wng rac meant phg himself to extrem durg trag.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

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.

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

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.

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

TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID

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.

JON DMMOND SU TYSON GAY AND USADA CEO

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.

KENTUCKY RUNNG COMMUNY MOURNS THE LOSS OF TRY 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.

TYSON GAY

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.

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

TYSON GAY ACCEPTS ONE-YEAR SPENSN

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.

BRIEF CHAT: TYSON GAY ON THE WAY BACK

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.

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. 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'S FORMER ACH JON DMMOND SU SPRTER OVER DOPG ALLEGATNS

But you try to live wh , " said Gay, who peted the first round of the 100 on Thursday night at the U.

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

"The funeral, the wake, the burial, everythg was unreal, " Gay said. 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. "I've been through every major upset and every major strser that life n give you, " Gay said.

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.

TYSON GAY QUOT

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.

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.

TYSON GAY BGRAPHY, LIFE, INTERTG FACTS

Anti-Dopg Agency CEO Travis Tygart, claimg he was falsely acced of admisterg and providg performance-enhancg dgs to Gay. Earlier this month, Gay was given a one-year ban after ttg posive for a prohibed performance-enhancg substance at the 2013 USATF Champnships. Acrdg to the Star-Telegram, Gay told USADA that Dmmond had jected him wh substanc ntag banned gredients 2012.

4 x 100-meter team that won the gold medal at the 2000 From Runner's WorldDmmond’s lawsu specifi that Gay did not tt posive for any performance-enhancg dg durg the years Dmmond was his ach.

2012 ADIDAS GRAND PRIX: TYSON GAY TO N 100 METER ROUND, BY LARRY ER

Gay’s posive tt me a year after Dmmond stopped achg him.

Dmmond’s lawsu ntends that false statements by Gay have damaged his reputatn for honty and exposed him to “public hatred, ntempt, ridicule and fancial jury by portrayg him as enuragg the e of performance-enhancg dgs. A memorial to honor sprter Try Gay, 15, the dghter of U. Olympian Tyson Gay, has grown outsi the track at Lafayette High School Lexgton, Kentucky.

Dozens of pairs of track spik, many adorned wh personal msag, hang on a fence amid balloons of pk and purple, the young athlete’s favore darkns fell on Monday night, more than 1, 000 iends, school staff, ach, and fay members gathered at the track for a ndlelight vigil to honor Gay, a Lafayette sophomore, who was killed early Sunday morng gunfire outsi a Lexgton rtrant. Three men have been charged nnectn wh Gay’s shootg, acrdg to the Associated Prs, and Lexgton police say they believe Gay was not eher of two vehicl volved the cint. More From Runner's WorldAmong the mourners Monday was Gay’s mother, Shoshana Boyd, and Gay’s father, who spoke briefly durg the ceremony.

ANOTHER INTERVIEW WH TYSON GAY

“I want you guys to love each other, have peace, and protect each other, ” Tyson Gay said.

TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT

” Gay was followg her father’s footsteps as a track standout.