Gay pulls out of London meet
24/07/2008 07:49  - (SA)  

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London - World 100m champion Tyson Gay has pulled out of his clash with Jamaican Asafa Powell at the London Grand Prix on Friday to avoid aggravating a hamstring injury, the American said on Wednesday.

"I hoped to run in London but with the first round of the Olympic 100m just three weeks away, I don't want to risk anything to set things back," Gay was quoted as saying on the IAAF website (www.iaaf.org). "I apologise to the fans."

Gay suffered a hamstring strain at the US Olympic Trials where his hopes of a sprint double in Beijing ended in agony when he suffered severe cramp during the 200m quarter-finals.

He will compete in the 100m and 4x100m relay at next month's Games.

Gay won the 100m at the US trials in the fastest time ever run, a wind-assisted 9.68 seconds.

- Reuters

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