Athletics: Gay leads the way

World champion insists he is not the favourite for the Olympic title

Last updated: 30th June 2008

Tyson Gay

Gay: Leaves his rivals in his wake during the final of the US Olympic trials

I still don't think I'm going to have a lot of pressure on me, even though I ran that time.

Tyson Gay
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World champion Tyson Gay has insisted that he is not the favourite for the Olympic 100m title despite recording the fastest time ever in history.

Gay dominated the final of the US Olympic trials, posting 9.68 seconds at Hayward Field - 0.04s faster than Usain Bolt's world record.

The record time will not stand, though, as the tailwind of 4.1 miles-per-second in Oregon was way above the permissible legal limit of 2.0.

And Gay, who set a legal national record of 9.77 in the trial quarter-finals, believes that Bolt is still the man to beat in Beijing.

"I still don't think I'm going to have a lot of pressure on me, even though I ran that time," he said.

"Regardless, it was wind aided so when we go to the next big race, he (Bolt) is still going to be the world record holder."