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Sports photography helps us understand the gap between Usain Bolt and his competitors as they cross the finish line. (Gallo)

The power of milliseconds in elite sport

A split second can make the difference between winning and losing, fuelling the quest for excellence

Doping: Gay has had multiple positives

Sprinter Tyson Gay failed more than one drug test this year, recording one of his positives at the US championships in June.

I’m a clean athlete, says Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt has insisted he is "clean" and that fans could trust him despite recent failed drugs test by sprint rivals Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.

Sprinting champ Gay tests positive for doping

Former double world sprint champion Tyson Gay has delivered a further body blow to his troubled sport by failing an out-of-competition dope test.

Mullings edges Gay in New York

Jamaica’s Steve Mullings edged American Tyson Gay in a photo-finish in the men’s 100m at the New York Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

Bolt runs for second world title in Berlin

There is no doubt Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world, and the Jamaican looks set to prove that again in the 200metre final on Thursday.

”I’ll bolt when I’m ready’

Usain Bolt says it will take a bad day on the track for his rival, Tyson Gay, to get the better of him over 100m this year.

Bolt streaks ahead as Gay crashes out

World-record holder Usain Bolt scorched into the men’s 100m final of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, but Tyson Gay crashed out.

World’s fastest men start their engines

The three fastest men in history all cruised through their Olympic 100m heats in Beijing on Friday.

Powell: Bolt, Gay will not catch me

Former record holder Asafa Powell says Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will not run him down if he takes the lead in their anticipated Olympic 100m clash.

Gay crashes out of US 200m trials

World champion Tyson Gay’s dream of an Olympics double ended in pain when he crashed out of the US 200m quarterfinals on Saturday.

Gay runs wind-assisted 9,68 seconds

World champion Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100m of all-time to win the United States Olympic trials on Sunday, a wind-assisted 9,68 seconds.

Bolt electrifies with new 100m world record

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt clocked a 100m world record of 9,72 seconds on Saturday to electrify the Reebok Grand Prix athletics meeting. The 21-year-old broke the previous record of…

Beijing pollution worries some Olympic athletes

Tyson Gay has heard stories that some athletes may wear face masks at the Beijing Olympics, hoping to fend off fumes in one of the world’s most polluted capitals. ”I hear a lot…

Gay and Defar named IAAF athletes of the year

American double world sprint champion Tyson Gay and Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar were named the 2007 World Athletes of the Year on Sunday. Both athletes received a Â…

Powell triumphs after breaking world record

Asafa Powell cruised to victory in the 100m final of the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday after breaking his own world record in his heat. The Jamaican set the record of…

Gay joins exclusive three-gold club

Tyson Gay joined an exclusive club on Saturday in Osaka, Japan, by becoming only the third man ever to win three gold medals at a single world championships, overshadowing…

Asafa Powell: Crippled by doubt

Ten seconds should not be long enough to change the course of a lifetime, but for 100m athletes that is all it takes. Tyson Gay is now a world champion — a man of stature assured…

Gay lands historic sprint double

Tyson Gay romped to the 200m world title on Thursday, giving him a rare sprint double at the World Athletics Championships. He joined an exclusive club that includes fellow…