Gay, Felix, Wariner among US stars in key Olympic tuneup

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — World champions Allyson Felix and Tyson Gay bid for 100- and 200-meter doubles here Sunday at the Adidas Track Classic while fellow American world champion Jeremy Wariner faces a stellar 400m field.

Less than three months before the start of athletics competition at the Beijing Olympics, US stars will test themselves ahead of upcoming top-level international meets on US soil and the Olympic trials that begin June 27.

Gay, the reigning 100 and 200 world champion, will defend the 100 crown he won in a wind-aided time of 9.79 seconds against a field including 2007 world runner-up Derrick Atkins of Bahamas, reigning Olympic 200 champion Shawn Crawford and world 200 bronze medalist Wallace Spearman.

Xavier Carter, third-fastest at 200 meters...