Tyson Gay beats World and Olympic champion in Stockholm 100m dash
Tyson Gay beats World and Olympic champion in Stockholm 100m dashWorld record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt crashed to his first defeat in two years yesterday when America's Tyson Gay won their eagerly-awaited 100m clash at the Diamond League meeting.
Gay clocked 9.84sec to edge Bolt, who was second in 9.97sec while Trinidad's Richard Thompson was third in 10.10sec.
Bolt's last defeat came at the same Stockholm track in 2008 when Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell took victory.
Since that loss, Bolt had enjoyed 14 successive wins including the last time he clashed with Gay at the world championships in 2009.
Powell, the former world record holder, was also due to take part on Friday but was forced out with a groin injury.
"You can get beaten any day. You have good days and bad days," said Bolt, who is still looking for sharpness following an Achilles injury earlier in the season.
"I still need to work on my strength. The first 10 metres tonight was crap. I had no power, no nothing. I have tried to work on it but it didn't work out tonight."
Bolt said two delays at the start had upset his rythym.
"I was ready but the two stand-ups annoyed me. But Tyson was in better shape than me and was better prepared," he said.
