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Gay pulls out of Golden League duel with Powell
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-12 11:24
BRUSSELS - American sprint world champion Tyson Gay has pulled out of
Friday's Golden League meeting in Brussels, scuppering a duel with 100
metres world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica, organisers said on
Tuesday.
Tyson Gay of the US celebrates winning the men's 200 metres final at the
11th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka August 30, 2007.
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Gay, who won the 100, 200 and sprint relay in Osaka, has not fully
recovered from the world championships, organisers said in a statement on
their Web site (www.sport.be/memorialvandamme).
The American could not be persuaded either to run the 200 metres in
Brussels against his Osaka rivals Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon and Rodney
Martin.
"Tyson Gay has everything to lose and nothing to gain," event organiser
Wilfried Meert said. "He has not fully recovered physically or mentally
after his busy programme at the world championships."
Powell, who finished third in the 100 metres in Japan, had thrown down
the gauntlet to Gay by setting a new record over the distance of 9.74
seconds at Sunday's meeting in Rieti, Italy.
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