Gay is 30, and he is suddenly healthy after a series of debilitating injuries, and he runs the 100 meters, and he runs it really, really fast. Anti-Doping Agency’s “My victory, I compete clean” campaign, deserves the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he’ll elicit sympathy when the full story comes out. I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down … I will take whatever punishment I get like a man.” 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. “I don’t have a sabotage story,” said the American record holder for 100 meters and owner of the world’s three fastest times in 2013. Gay confirmed he tested positive and immediately withdrew from the upcoming World Championships in Moscow. He didn’t blame it on a vengeful masseuse who rubbed a mysterious cream on his legs (Justin Gatlin) or drinking five beers and having sex with his wife (Dennis Mitchell) or eating a tainted steak (Alberto Contador) or throwing back Jack Daniel's shots the night before he got popped (Floyd Landis). Gay failed a drug test for an undisclosed banned substance, then stood up and raised his hand.
Give Tyson Gay, America’s fastest man, this much.
