Gay slowed for two weeks but looks to London and Beijing

EUGENE, Oregon (AFP) — World champion Tyson Gay suffered a left hamstring strain in his collapse at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and will not resume top-speed training for two weeks, his manager said Sunday.

Mark Wetmore, agent for the US sprint star, also said Gay will run in London on July 25 as planned and indicated that the injury would not keep him from next month's showdown with Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell at the Beijing Olympics.

"He's making preparations for the call in Beijing. I'm very confident he's going to be in place when they say, 'On your marks,'" said US men's Olympic athletics coach Bubba Thornton.

Gay's condition was updated after an MRI late Saturday, hours after Gay's bid for a golden double in the 100 and 200 meters ended in pain when he fell 12 steps into a ...