05-Jul-2008
Story Timeline: 99 days
By Simon Lewis, PA Sport, Eugene Tyson Gay's dreams of competing for a 100 metres and 200m double at the Olympics in Beijing have ended dramatically after he fell during his 200m quarter-final at the US Olympic Team Track & Field Trials. Gay, the reigning 100m and 200m world champion, appeared to trip just 40 metres into the opening heat of the men's 200m quarters at Hayward Field. He landed heavily on the track and stayed down as the race continued before being helped off the track on a stretcher wheeled by medical staff. Gay's injury was the second blow to hit Team USA's medal hopes on Saturday. There was also disappointment in the men's 110m hurdles' opening round as former Olympic and four-time world champion Allen Johnson failed to finish his heat, the 37-year-old gold medalist from 1996 pulling up hurt and therefore...
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