7/5/08

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying.

Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way -- a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost him an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure thing, health-wise at least, with the Beijing Games five weeks away.

Gay suffered what his manager called a severe cramp in his left hamstring at U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday and had to be carted off the track.