Redemption: Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay is the fastest USA sprinter. He has come a long way. He holds he American record in the 100meter dash with a time of 9.69 seconds.There is no one in the United States who can beat him. When I first started paying attention to Tyson, he was unbeatable, too fast and undefeated. That was unil he came across sprinter Usain Bolt from Jamaica. Tyson has proven over and over again why he was named the world's fastest man. He has a great block start, perfect form, great attitude, trains hard and he gets the job done. Tyson had been running ood race and putting in good times ove here in the U.S, and Bolt had been doing the same over seas and in Jamaica. They were both the center of attention in the track and field world. We couldn't wait for the match up. We had to wait year a half to finally see the two athletes lineup with each other. But unfortunately, rite before the 2008 Bejing Olympics, Tyson hurt hi hamstring at the U.S World Championships in the 200 meter dash. After that, I didn't think that he would show at the 2008 Olympics, but he did. After he go pasted the first round, I thought that he would be good fo the rest of the round, but I was wrong. He didn't even make it to the finals. I was thinking, was he really hurt or did he just not want to run against Bolt and lose? Bolt won the race in the final, and set the new world record. The two would have another chance to meet at the World Championships in 2009. This time, Tyson was not injured and was ready to go. They both had ran the previous rounds comfortable andd relaxed. That further let me know that Tyson was back. "POW", the gun sounded and both men jetted from the blocks. Blolt pulled away from Tyson 40 meters into the race. He won and set another world record off 9.58.



THis was amazing. Tyson took a disappointing 2nd place. Tyson quoted" I am a little disapppointed because, I know that Ican run that fast, it just wasn't there today, but I ran a goodd race." I really believe that Tyson can beat Bolt, he just has to train harder. Will Gay seek redemption on Bolt?

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