For anyone who had any doubts about Usain Bolt, how does a 9.58 sound?

That was Bolt’s record time during the 100 meters in Berlin on Sunday, making Tyson Gay’s 9.71 seem insignificant.

In fact, Gay set an America Record with his time, but you wouldn’t have known after watching Bolt gallop to the finish line with ease.

It was 0.11 seconds faster than his time last year at the Beijing Olympics.

How low can Bolt go?

“I know I said 9.4,” said Bolt. “You never know. I’ll just keep on working.”

At this point, I wouldn’t put anything past Bolt.

The hopes of the United States in the 100 meters might have gone down the drain on Saturday.

Sprinter Tyson Gay, who ran a 9.68 in the 100 meters last week, injured himself in the 200-meter quarterfinal, tumbling to the ground and grabbing his left thigh in the process.

Gay’s agent, Mark Wetmore, is claiming the injury is just a cramp and that the sprinter felt some tightness in his thigh while warming up.

His chances of qualifying for the 200 meters in Beijing are gone and his chances in the 100 meters is up in the air, depending on how severe his injury is.

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EUGENE, OREGON – Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell have officially been put on notice.

Tyson Gay is the man to beat heading into the 100 meters at Beijing.

Aided by some serious wind, Gay ran a 9.68 in the finals of the 100 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, setting a record for the fastest time under any conditions.

The previous record was held by Obadele Thompson of Barbados, who ran a 9.69 (>+5) in 1996.

Gay’s 9.68 is not a new world record because it was run with the help of a wind blowing at 4.1 meters per second.

Anything above 2.0 is not allowed.

Wind or no wind, Gay has sent a message to the rest of the track world with his performance here in Eugene.

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EUGENE, OREGON – Tyson Gay, 24 hours after setting a new American record in the 100 meters, advanced to the finals on Sunday afternoon with a time of 9.85.

Gay has now run back-to-back solid races following Saturday’s blunder, in which the 25-year-old eased up after 90 meters, nearly costing him a bid in the Olympics.

Florida State’s Walter Dix finished second in the first semifinal heat with a time of 9.93.

In both semifinal heats, two runners were eliminated by 1/1000 of a second as Xavier Carter (10.086) edged Ivory Williams (10.087) and Michael Rodgers (10.178) clipped Wallace Spearmon (10.179)

The unusually warm weather in the Northwest (90 degrees+ all weekend) has aided the runners, with 12 of the 16 qualifiers in the 100 meters running personal bests on Saturday.

Gay and Dix will look to finish 1-2 as the finals of the 100 meters is scheduled for 4:49pm Pacific this afternoon.

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EUGENE, OREGON – Now, that’s more like it, Tyson.

In the quarterfinals for the 100 meters, Tyson Gay decided to run the entire 100 meters, setting a new American record in the process with a time of 9.77.

Or did he?

“I eased up a little bit, but I’m not worried about the record. I thank God that I was able to run a PR, but that’s what I want to do in the finals.”

If Gay did ease up, it was with one meter to go.

The previous American record was held by Maurice Greene with a 9.79 at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Usain Bolt holds the world record at 9.72, a feet the Jamaican prodigy set last month in New York.

As for Gay, he easily qualifies for Sunday’s semifinals and makes up for his earlier blunder in the prelims, which could have cost him his chance at going to Beijing.

Jeffery Demps, an 18-year-old stud from Florida, ran a 10.01, breaking the United States high school record in the 100 meters.

Demps is heading to the University of Florida in the fall and will play running back for and the Gators.

Good luck trying to catch him all you Southeastern Conference defensive backs.

The men’s semifinals in the 100 meters is Sunday at 2:30pm Pacific.

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EUGENE, OREGON – Tyson Gay ran an excellent 90 meter race.

Too bad he was competing in the 100 meters.

The athlete with the best shot of taking home gold for the United States in the 100 meters this summer almost didn’t qualify after accidentally easing up during the prelims.

His excuse?

“I’m OK,” he said. “I just misjudged the white line.”

“Misjudged.”

Suuuuure.

Gay finished tied for fourth in his heat with a time of 10.14 and qualified for Saturday’s quarterfinals.

Walter Dix from Florida State ran he fastest qualifying time with a 9.96 and was the only runner with a sub-10.00 time.

For America’s sake, let’s hope Gay doesn’t “misjudge” the white line in the quarterfinals.

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