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EUGENE, Oregon: World champion Tyson Gay suffered a left hamstring
strain in his collapse at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and
will not resume top-speed training for two weeks, his manager said
Sunday.
Mark Wetmore, agent for the US sprint star, also
said Gay will run in London on July 25 as planned and indicated that
the injury would not keep him from next month’s showdown with
Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell at the Beijing Olympics.
“He’s making preparations for the call in
Beijing. I’m very confident he’s going to be in place when they
say, ‘On your marks,’” said US men’s Olympic athletics coach
Bubba Thornton.
Gay’s condition was updated after an MRI late
Saturday, hours after Gay’s bid for a golden double in the 100 and
200-meters ended in pain when he fell 12 steps into a 200
quarter-final heat with what had been called a cramp.
The exam showed Gay has a mild strain in the
semitendinosus muscle, one of the hamstrings, and will be forced to
slowly work his way back to a full-speed workout regimen ahead of
the Beijing Olympics.
-- AFP
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