TYSON GAY MAKES STATEMENT BUT WILL IT MATTER
Tyson Gay, the man considered my many to be Usain Bolt’s main threat clocked an impressive 44.89 seconds running a 400 metres in Florida over the weekend. Gay, already one of the best combination sprinters of all time with personal bests of 10.69s, 19.58 and now 44.89, is now looking to perhaps spring a surprise on triple Olympic medallist/triple World Champion Usain Bolt when the two meet during the inaugural season of the Diamond League that starts on May 14 in Doha.
The two fastest men of all time are set to meet at least three times this season over the 100 metres and perhaps twice more over the 200 metres.
Does this 44.89s make him a greater threat to Bolt? I dont think so. The strength displayed by Gay in Florida over the weekend, I feel, put him in position to perhaps challenge Michael Johnson’s American record of 19.32, but that still leaves him more than .10 seconds off Usain Bolt’s personal best of 19.19s that was achieved at the World Championships in Berlin last year after eight rounds of competition.
Bolt is a freak of nature that many including myself believe is capable of challenging the 19-second barrier if running fresh.
He has revealed that for the past five weeks he has been training hard and well so there is no reason to believe that he wont be faster this season when there is no major competition for him to worry about.
What it boils down to is that Gay could push Bolt over the 200m but pushing him and being able to defeat him are two different things entirely as the world and Gay will find out as the Diamond League 2010 season unfolds.
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To whomever wrote this. Bolt is beatable just like anyone else. We may just see Tyson edge out Bolt this year. Who knows? The performances Tyson put down last year shows that he’s just as much a “freak” as Bolt. So writer of this article, don’t sleep on Tyson. We need not make any assumptions, let’s just watch
Tyson Gay is a warrior!
While everyone else has tucked their tail hidding, Tyson Gay has sent a message, I’m not going anywhere! Tyson Gay is not there to run but to win. He believes in his own ability. He dosen’t care what other people think!