Eugene, Oregon- During the Olympic track and field trials of the second quarterfinal of the men’s 200 meter dash fans were in awe after watching sprinter Tyson Gay collapse on the track after running a blistering turn off the curb.
As Gay reached the 150 meter mark, he swung in the air and fell to the ground grabbing his hamstring.
Gay swung in the air and fell to the ground grabbing his hamstring.
It was first released that Gay had suffered from a cramp in his hamstring and it was nothing more. Yesterday, Gay stated that he felt tightness in his hamstring during his warm-up.
It was evident in yesterday’s semifinal that Tyson Gay didn’t suffer from a cramp, but strained his hamstring.
Of course, the Olympic track trails is a tedious task for athletes competing in one or two races because it requires athletes to run a quarterfinal, semifinal and final for each race entry.
That means Gay has to compete in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes which equals to racing six times.
This is equivalent to running 3x100 meters + 3x200 meters =900 meters. That’s almost like running 1,000 meters in elite competition.
However, this isn’t the first time athletes that were crowned as the “fastest man” suffered from hamstring injuries.
Remember at the 2000 Olympic track and field trials in Sacramento, California, Olympian and World Record holder Michael Johnson and former World Record holder in the men’s 100 meters, Maurice Greene, pulled up with hamstring injuries during the trial of the 200m dash.
Later they bounced back from their injuries to run at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games to win the 400 meters and 100 meter dashes.
So if, Johnson, Greene, and even the great Jackie Joyner Kersee can bounce back from a hamstring injury and claim Olympic Gold; certainly Tyson Gay can beat the odds.
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