American sprinter Tyson Gay may be the best in the world. We’ll find that out this August. For now, all we can do is watch as the blazing 100-meter dasher knocks down record after record.
On Saturday, Gay, who grew up in Kansas and ran college track for Arkansas, shattered the American record in the 100-meter dash, running the race in 9.77 seconds, which ties the world record set by Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell. Then, he followed it up with another exciting race on Sunday that he finished in 9.68 seconds.
For a fleeting instant, all eyes in the stadium flew to the giant clock and anticipation roared through the crowd. Had Tyson Gay set the new world record—in the Olympic trials—by .09 seconds? That’s a huge margin by which to break a sprinting record.
But the roar faded to just a standing ovation as the speed of the wind was measured 4.1 meters per second. For Gay’s time to be a record, the wind has to be slower than 2 meters per second or else it gives him too much of a push from behind. It didn’t matter; the performance stole the show. Gay took a victory lap around the track, knowing that he is on his way to Bejing as
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