TG: I don't know how Asafa is taking it, but I know there has to be a lot of pressure on him, no matter what he says. On his two big Jamaican rivals, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt: I don't have any aches or pains at all, and I'm making sure I stay really hydrated. I'm fully confident that I can handle four races in the 100. I've had a few chances in practice to see what I can do, and that gave me a confidence boost. I'd rather be one hundred percent coming into the Olympics than 85 percent and risking my leg at some meet just to see where I am.
On entering the Olympics with no races in the past month: But a couple of weeks later, once I was able to do some light jogging and stretching, my confidence came back to me. That filled my mind and was messing with me a little. I was upset because the same thing happened to me in 2004 when I thought I had a chance to make the 200-meter team. I was a little panicked at first in Eugene, because it really hurt when it happened. I injured the hamstring high up on the left leg. They had an indoor facility and a weight room, and that was everything I needed. Basically, I got some great massage therapy there. I went to Germany to see a doctor who has lots of experience with hamstring injuries. I did rehab and light training during the process. It took four weeks for it to be fully recovered. Tyson Gay: The hamstring is one hundred percent. On his left hamstring, injured at the Olympic Track Trials five weeks ago: Gay's best legal 100 is the American record 9.77 he ran in the quarter-finals of the Track Trials on June 28. This spring, on May 31, Bolt lowered the record even farther, to 9.72, where it stands currently. Powell ran 9.77 in 2005 and then skipped down to 9.74 two years later. Gay won both the 100 and 200 at last year's World Championships in Osaka, Japan, but Powell and Bolt have been the most recent 100-meter world recordholders.
At the Olympics, Gay is one of the Big 3 favorites in the 100, along with Jamaica's Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt. Olympic Track Trials when he ran a wind-aided 9.68 100 meters, but then fell twisting to the track after pulling his left hamstring in the 200 meters. Gay last made headlines in late June/early July at the U.S. He answered all with the serious mien and respect that have become his hallmark, breaking into a big smile only when talking about a chance meeting with basketball star Kobe Bryant. Monday afternoon in Beijing, Tyson Gay faced about 200 international reporters in the Main Press Center of the Olympic Games, fielding questions from the U.S., England, Germany, France, Japan, China, Australia, Central America and South America.
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