Simultaneously with news about Gay came a report that five Jamaicans, two throwers and three sprinters, tested positive for banned substances at the Nationals Trials in Kingston from June 20 to 23. He was considered a legitimate threat to Jamaica’s Usain Bolt at the world championships in Moscow in August. His 9.75 victory at the USATF championships was the fastest 100 time of 2013, and he’d also won in 9.79 at the Athletissima Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 4. He was fourth in the 100 at the 2012 Olympics. Gay set the American 100-meter record of 9.69 seconds in 2009. USADA released a statement Sunday confirming the test.
The sprinter said the positive result came from an out-of-competition test on May 16.
I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down.' I don't have anything to say to make this seem like it was a mistake or it was on USADA's hands, someone playing games,' the AP quoted Gay as saying. Anti-Doping Agency of the positive test last week.
Gay, 30, told The Associated Press that he was notified by the U.S. In a separate development, former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell (above left, with Gay) was one of five Jamaicans announced to have failed a drug test. Tyson Gay, the American 100-meter record holder, said he has tested positive for a banned substance and will not compete in next month's world championships in Russia.
