Human to Hero: Tyson Gay primed for Olympic challenge | CNN

Contents:

• DGHTER OF U.S. TRACK STAR TYSON GAY SHOT AD KENTUCKY
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• TYSON GAY
• HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE
• TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL
• TYSON GAY EQUALS USA BOLT'S OLD WORLD RERD WH SEND FASTT 100M
• GAY, JETER LE 100 AT GOLN GRAND PRIX
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

DGHTER OF U.S. TRACK STAR TYSON GAY SHOT AD KENTUCKY

Tyson Gay's teenage dghter fatally shot.

Track star Tyson Gay was killed a shootg at a rtrant Lexgton, officials Lexgton affiliate WKYT reports that Try Gay, 15, was shot around 4 a.

Sunday morng, and was pronounced ad about an hour police statement didn’t intify Try Gay by name, sayg a juvenile who was stck at the scene was taken by private vehicle to the UK Hospal and later pronounced ad.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

Tyson and Try Gay. Officials say Gay was shot the neck, and that she was not eher r say they’re qutng two people of tert the se, and one of the two vehicl volved is still beg sought.

TYSON GAY

Try Gay was herself a risg star on the track team at Lafayette High School, WKYT fished fourth the 100 meters and fifth the 200 meters at the state Class 3A high school track meet May, rerds show. Tyson Gay has peted the last three Summer Olympics. He was part of a team that won a silver medal the 4x100-meter relay at the 2012 London Gam though that medal was ultimately stripped after Gay tted posive for steroids 2013.

Please jo keepg the Gay fay close thought and prayer and supportg the stunts, staff, and fai at Lafayette High durg this unspeakably difficult time.

Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U. Throughout Gay’s early reer, wng rac meant phg himself to extrem durg trag.

HUMAN TO HERO: TYSON GAY PRIMED FOR OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

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. 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.

TYSON GAY SPEND 1 YEAR, RETURNS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL

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

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. 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.

GAY, JETER LE 100 AT GOLN GRAND PRIX

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.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

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.