The world’s fastest man this year Tyson Gay says the 100 metres world record is in jeopardy and could fall this weekend at the World Athletics Championship in Osaka.
The American, who is aiming for “the triple gold” in the 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4x100 metres relay at the championships, says the quick Nagai Stadium track could help him break thes world record of 9.77 seconds held by Jamaica’s Asafa Powell. “I’ve heard about the track and it’s supposed to be really fast,” Gay said. “I think it is possible for the world record to be broken.”
Gay was a top 200 metres runner but recently shifted his focus to the shorter event and his results have been startling this season. The American ran a wind assisted 9.79 seconds at the adidas Track Classic at Carson, California in May this year.
On June 2 in New York he ran under Asafa Powell’s world record clocking 9.76 seconds.
It was one-hundrenth of a second faster than Powell’s world record.
Unfortunately for Gay the time was disallowed because of excessive wind assistance.
Gay yesterday brushed off speculation that doping had played a part in his rapid progression this year.
The men’s 100 metres final is on Sunday night.
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