Track And Field Championships

The idea for Tyson Gay was to run one and be done. As defending world champion in two events, the 100 and 200 meters, Gay needed only compete in one round of any event at the U.S. championships to claim his place in both sprints at the world championships at Berlin in August. Gay chose the 100 and ran Thursday's first round in a substantially wind-aided 9.75 seconds, fastest in the world this year under any conditions. But Gay was so upset about the way he ran that he wanted more.