Athletics



Gay lights up Palace on cold, grey day

By Mike Rowbottom at Crystal Palace

August 13 - Just a week after earning his first victory over Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay followed up tonight by running the world’s fastest 100 metres time this year of 9.78sec - despite cold, damp and grey conditions which were the last thing any sprinter would want.








Powell injury scuppers big three 100m meeting

By Mike Rowbottom in Stockholm

August 4 - A back injury has forced Asafa Powell to make a late withdrawal from the DN Galan Samsung Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Friday (August 6), where he was to have f aced fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt and American Tyson Gay over 100 metres for the first time since last summer’s World Championships.