Gay crashes out of US 200m

World champion Tyson Gay crashed out of the 200m at the United States (US) Olympic trials when he fell about 40m into the quarter-finals today. Gay grabbed at his left hamstring and fell to the track after running only 12 strides into the curve. The injury was a major blow to the US team and Gay, who had hoped to repeat his world 100 and 200m victories at the Beijing Olympics. He had won the trials 100m last Sunday in a wind-assisted time of 9.68 seconds, the fastest time ever run under any conditions. The US also lost 1996 Olympic 110-metres hurdles champion Allen Johnson to injury on a costly day. The 37-year-old Johnson cleared only four hurdles in the opening round before succumbing to a season-ending tendon injury. -... [read full story]