Forget Team USA Basketball doing what they were suppose to do against Spain and getting lucky with Ginobili getting injured in the semifinals playing Argentina, since you will when the NBA season starts (exception: San Antonio Spurs fans). As much credit is deserved to Michael Phelps for his 8 Gold Medals and 7 World Records in this past Olympiad, the true star of Beijing was the goofy, flamboyant, 6’5” lanky, Chicken McNugget eating speed demon from the yam fields of Trelawny, Jamaica.
For what most American expected a continued domination of the 100m and 200m Sprints in the 2008 Olympics with Tyson Gay leading the charge fell apart quicker than Devin Hester Returning a punt. In life the show must go on, and if the star is cannot perform then the understudy must give the performance.
Perhaps in began during the Reebok Grand Prix on May 3, 2008 in New York City, it was only the fifth time he ran the 100m as a professional. Bolt achieves his first world record of 9.72s surpassing his fellow countryman Asafa Powell’s mark of 9.74s with lightning striking from a distance in the sky. After his race Gay admitted “It looked like his knees were going past my face” realizing the Lightning athletic potential. Perhaps this has haunted Gay while giving Bolt peace of mind with the accomplishment.
Two months later Tyson Gay qualifies for the 100m but fail to do with a hamstring injury for the 200m during Team USA tryouts. In the Games Gay failed to advance to the finals of both the 100m Dash and 4x100m Relay with him and him alone at fault.
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