@Dillard: My humble assertion is that Darvis Patton has­ so much more in his tank than Gay.....work on Patton­ and Rodgers.....then if Dix can overcome his injury­ troubles, you sure will have a team to rival the­ Jamaican war chest.

The 100m is about who (on the day) has the perfect­ execution at take off..........Bolt's humble enough­ never to be dragged into what time he would run.­ Rather, he humbly tells the world that­ 'anything's possible'...and that's the­ hallmark of respect for his sport...Let's cast­ aside the Bolt/ Gay debate (cos it's really about­ the Yanks getting beaten at their game!!!!need we say­ more).
The real issue is how to get the IAAF to erase­ Flo Jo's and Marion Jone's steroid enabled­ performances; so we can get some much long overdue­ respect back to the Women's sprint events......How­ these Americans evaded the drugs testing Czars beats me­ till date...and, no pretense folks; we all knew these­ ladies were on drugs, we knew!!!

It took Carl Lewis his whole career to drop from the­ 9.93s to 9.86, that is 7/100s. what makes you think­ that Tyson Gay "is good" so he can run 9.6,­ that is 11/100s less from where he is now at 28? If Gay­ is "good" what was Carl Lewis, average?! If­ you know anything about ahtletics, you know that­ that's impossible. Even his 9.71 run was on the­ border of being suspicious. 9.6 and 9.5 are out of his­ natural ability and everybody's natural ability for­ that matter, expect Bolt's. If Gay really does run­ even 9.6(but i don't think he will), I will have no­ doubt whatsoever that he's on some new undetectable­ super drug. If Bolt does 9.5 it's OK because­ he's still too young for a sprinter and physically­ a magnification of the rest.

as someone already mentioned it, Gay said before berlin­ that he needed to run 9.6 to beat Bolt and he believed­ he could do that. but now bolt is in the 9.5 and is­ talking about doing 9.4 or lower wich a lot of people­ believe he can.so what? every time bolt sets the mark­ lower is he gonna say that he has to do it too? its­ good to be ambitious but sometines you should recognize­ someone utter superiority. and they achieved something­ you cannot.
plus its weird that he keeps running­ despite being that injured. if you re really injured­ why would u keep running especially in lower­ events?
anyway he is good so maybe he can reach 9.6 but­ Bolt will be lower by that time.
anybody noticed that­ there was no mention of the 200m WR which is Gay main­ event by the way. how come he hasnt said he has to run­ 19.1 too

Bolt didn't want to run against Tyson Gay today­ because he knows that Gay would beat him. Bolt is know­ fool, he took the 200 instead. You might say that bolt­ has already beat Tyson Gay which is true but bolt also­ knows that Tyson was good and rested. Bolt knew that he­ would have to run better than 9.81 to beat Tyson Gay­ and he didn;t have it in him. I give it to bolt he­ dosen't want to give Tyson Gay any type of edge.­ Bolt knows that everytime he race againt Tyson Gay, he­ will have to be at his best!

Asia A, 22: How can you be so naive??? Flo Jo was never­ proven to take drugs? Is that really enough for you to­ believe she was clean? Marion Jones wasn't caught­ either. If you knew anything about athletics (or simply­ human nature), you just wouldn't believe that a top­ athlete (she was already) can suddenly at the age of­ 28(!) change to a completelely different level,­ naturally. Before 28 she was world class, medal winner,­ but otherwise all looked normal. Then all of a sudden­ she lowers the WR by 30/100 of a second. Do yourself a­ favour and try to use your brain. Flo Jo was the most­ in your face cheat of them all.

Tyson Gay says he is injured yet he still has races he­ doesn't seem to be in any form of pain after he­ runs so what's his game is he just a sore loser.­ Bolt has beaten him every time they have raced together­ all the hate over the Jamaicans doing so well, probably­ people should do some research on athletics in Jamaica­ their training and competition from school and stop­ hating on Jamaica. Why only US produce spinters and­ Kenya and Ethiopia produce distance runners - oh I­ forget Jamaica is a small island yet if you look at­ their contribution to athletics Sanya Richards, US;­ Donovan Bailey, Canada I could go on never mind the­ British team everybody starts giving Jamaica some love,­ Usian Bolt get over it he's the king he rules - who­ don't like it - eat your heart out.

dillard american cannot run records with some form of­ drugs so dnt go there... u comment makes no sense

Flo Jo was never founded to be taken drugs. she was­ already tested for drugs. This time is the Jamaican era­ but I think it will be short-lived. I didn't like­ that Shelly Ann Fraser and Kerron Stewart didn't­ give their 100% but ran a casual race in Zurich. If­ they don't care about winning there then they­ shouldn't have showed up. I don't think Tyson­ Gay is making up excuses. People have to read these­ articles with a critical mind because the writer is­ usually the one that's writing in euphemisms and­ trying to start trouble. If Tyson didn't have a­ groin problem he wouldn't be undergoing surgery.­ Bolt is indeed the fastest man and it will be that way­ for awhile. However, I can see the Jamaican women­ taking a back seat to the Americans in the coming­ years. Jamaica shouldn't get their head swollen and­ bring rift to the Americans because America is­ respecting their game so don't start trouble. That­ person who made that statement about Flo Jo taking­ steroids and cheating is a lie and unfair. Don't­ think Jamaica is all that good that they think they­ even better than Flo Jo. Flo Jo was never proven to­ taken any drugs or steroids, though she was on a high­ protein diet. I just can't wait until the American­ women team bounce back.

Jesus, I'm reading some very naive comments­ here...I don't know what's Tyson Gay's­ game, but there's something wrong about him. I mean­ Gay is a very talented runner, but physiologically­ he's average. As far as averagely built runners go,­ the only dream of shaving 2-3/100 of a sec off their PB­ at Gay's age, now he says he can shave off­ 20/100s... I mean just because Bolt is doing something­ that has never been done before (and he's young and­ still getting stronger), it doesn't mean that­ suddenly all runners have become magically capable of­ doing similar feats. So there are two options, either­ Gay is a day dreamer or something dirty is going on...

@ dillard_michael09
"In america, a new sprinter­ comes up every­ year." It's been 2 years now,­ they are slow in the making.
"Bolt is only­ one­ man! Without Bolt his team wouldn't be­ nothing".....Without Bolt, Jamaica would be 2 ­ gold medals less. They still would have won the­ 4x100metres relay. If you are not aware they won much­ more than Bolt's 2 individual medals.
Be humble­ and listen to analyst like Michael Johnson and Bobby­ Kersee, I believe they are Americans and very knowledge­ about the sport, who are recognising that Jamaica is­ the new sprint factory.
Thanks to blood testing for­ drugs, America doesn't look that dominant at all.­ Poor Marion Jones, Flo-Jo, et.al.

tyson gay is good but blot is great

Someone from america is going to hold the world record­ again and they won't need steroids to do it and it­ won't take 20 years to do it. Bolt is not­ invinceable! He has raised the bar true enough. Tyson­ Gay isn't making excuses, the doctors from Germany­ knows that. In america, a new sprinter comes up every­ year. I think Tyson Gay is wrong to say that he's­ looking to run 9.50, but 9.30 should be his target.­ Everyone knows the standard now.The american­ sprinter's are not afraid of anyone. Bolt is only­ one man! Without Bolt his team wouldn't be nothing.

Forget about the "groin injury", when Usain­ first broke the 100m World Record (9.72secs) in New­ York it was a FULLY FIT Tyson Gay he powered past. That­ was the beginning of Tyson playing 2nd fiddle.

Usain bolt is the best. Tyson gay can keep making­ excuses about groin injury. I believe that is the­ tactics he is using to make us believe he can do better­ to beat Bolt

gay can go faster, but so can bolt

Tyson Gay is a great runner. 9.71 on a bad groin is­ pretty remarkable. Unfortunately for him he is in the­ Bolt era. Maybe he can run 9.5 maybe he can't. But­ he is approaching 30. Meanwhile Bolt is 23 and not yet­ at his prime. If Usain Bolt runs the 100m full out and­ stop looking around or glancing at the clock just­ before crossing the finish line, he could do 9.4.

i feel sympathy for Gay. He works very hard, even more­ than Bolt but all he get is only second place after­ Bolt.

tyson gay is the second fastest man in the world, usain­ bolt is the fastest... DEAL with it

I'm not a journalist, but... this piece is poorly­ written. An 8th grade pupil can do a better job than­ whoever wrote this article.