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From regret to record in 9.77 seconds.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: From regret to record in 9.77 seconds.(Olympics Track-Field Trials)(After surviving a first-round mistake, Tyson Gay breaks Maurice Greene's U.S. mark)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard

Twice on Saturday, sprinter Tyson Gay slowed before the finish line in qualifying rounds of the men's 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field.

The first time, it nearly cost him his Olympic hopes and dreams, and the endorsements that would come with being the Olympic gold medalist.

The second time, it merely took a fraction off a seemingly effortless American record.

On a hot and near-windless afternoon of sprinting that was at first strange and then sensational, Gay ran 9.77...

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