Home  Sports Gay runs wind-assisted 9.68 at US trials
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
American sprint ace Tyson Gay ran a blistering 9.68 seconds to win the men’s 100 meters at the US Olympic trials last Sunday night.
The time tops Usain Bolt’s world mark of 9.72 seconds but will not be recorded as a new world mark because of a hefty following wind of 4.1 meters per second.
The 9.68 clocking also makes Gay the quickest ever all-time in any condition, topping the previous wind-assisted best of 9.69 seconds by Barbadian Obadele Thompson in Texas in April 1996.
Gay, the reigning World Champion over 100 and 200 meters, won ahead of Walter Dix (9.80), with Darvis Patton (9.84) third.
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