'It's Weird': Tyson Gay On Latt Drama Over U.S. Men's Relay Race : The Torch : NPR

Contents:

• TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL
• TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID
• GILLETTE AND TYSON GAY INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATN OF YOUNG MEN THROUGH THE GET STARTED CAMPAIGN
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• TYSON GAY
• 'IT'S WEIRD': TYSON GAY ON LATT DRAMA OVER U.S. MEN'S RELAY RACE
• WORLD CHAMPN SPRTER TYSON GAY JOS EDUTORS AND THE CENTURY COUNCIL TO PROMOTE THE BENEFS OF STAYG ACTIVE IN SCHOOL
• TYSON GAY EQUALS USA BOLT'S OLD WORLD RERD WH SEND FASTT 100M
• HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE
• WORLD CHAMPN SPRTER AND OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY BRGS ASK, LISTEN, LEARN TO SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
• TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT
• MEN ARRTED FATAL SHOOTG OF TYSON GAY'S DGHTER PLEAD NOT GUILTY
• FATHER, SON ARRTED ATH OF OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY’S DGHTER

TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

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

TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID

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.

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.

GILLETTE AND TYSON GAY INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATN OF YOUNG MEN THROUGH THE GET STARTED CAMPAIGN

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.

And while Gay uld bee eligible for that meet, the disqualifitn of his rults datg to 2012 has taken away his qualifyg time for the meet. Gay has until June 16 to enter a petn orr to ga entry to the meet.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

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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.

'IT'S WEIRD': TYSON GAY ON LATT DRAMA OVER U.S. MEN'S RELAY RACE

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.

WORLD CHAMPN SPRTER TYSON GAY JOS EDUTORS AND THE CENTURY COUNCIL TO PROMOTE THE BENEFS OF STAYG ACTIVE IN SCHOOL

"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.

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TYSON GAY EQUALS USA BOLT'S OLD WORLD RERD WH SEND FASTT 100M

BOSTON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, three-time World Champn and 100m Amerin Rerd Holr Tyson Gay will team up wh Gillette to donate $25, 000 to Lafayette High School Lexgton, Kentucky – the same high school that gave Tyson his great start his track reer.

In addn to Gay, Gillette is also workg wh athlet such as Ryan Lochte (USA, swimmg), Roger Ferer (Swzerland, tennis), Sir Chris Hoy (Great Bra, cyclg), and Rudy Fernanz (Spa, basketball), among others. "I am exced to be partnerg wh Gillette on this important program and to be part of this world-class group of athlet om around the globe, " mented Gay. Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U.

HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

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.

WORLD CHAMPN SPRTER AND OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY BRGS ASK, LISTEN, LEARN TO SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL

“I’ve always done that sce I was young, ” says the soft-spoken Gay.

TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT

Gay’s new outlook is part of his natural growth as a world-class athlete. Gay knows what’s on the le this summer.

MEN ARRTED FATAL SHOOTG OF TYSON GAY'S DGHTER PLEAD NOT GUILTY

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. 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.

FATHER, SON ARRTED ATH OF OLYMPIAN TYSON GAY’S DGHTER

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.

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.