Bolt, Gay in spotlight at track worlds
I was extremely excited about this matchup. Tyson Gay was not able to compete head-to-head against Usain Bolt last year in the Olympics due to an injury he developed in the US trials. This season Tyson Gay clocked the third fastest 200m ever in New York (19.58) and led the world in both the 100 (9.77) and 200 prior to the championships. Bolt was close behind (19.59 & 9.78) and it was looking like a great matchup.
The final, was not quite so dramatic, with Bolt blazing to a new world record at 9.58 and Gay coming in close at 9.71 (a new U.S. record and the 4th fastest 100 time ever). It appeared that the matchup in the 200 might prove to be a little closer, even if Bolt was untouchable in that distance as well. Gay has always been a stronger 200 runner and has been proving that he could keep up with Bolt’s times. However, the next day Gay withdrew from the 200 due to an injury. Bolt, however, didn’t disappoint breaking his own world record again at a 19.19 clocking!
100 meter Results: http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_100_hash_f
200 meter Results: http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_200_hash_f