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Showdown in Zagreb; Gay vs Carter
Monday, 30 August 2010 15:35
Nesta CarterTyson Gay is expecting "one of the fastest races" of the year, when he comesup against Nesta Carter of Jamaica, at this year's IAAF World Challenge Meeting, on Wednesday (Sept. 1), in Zagreb, Croatia.
Both sprinters presently share the title of 'world's fastest man' so far this season.
American Tyson Gay first ran 9.78 seconds in London on Aug. 13, andNesta Carter subsequently responded, with a 9,78 of his own, at the Rieti Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday.
Carter, a member of Jamaica's winning, world recordbreaking, Beijing Olympic, 4x100m relay team (37.10), said he would have to beat his best to beat Tyson Gay.
"Once he's in form, you have to come very good to beat him," said Carter, after saying last Friday (Aug 27) in Brussels, that day was 'Tyson's day'.
'Tyson's day', because according to Carter, the race was not run the way he should have run it.
In that meeting, Carter ran a then personalbest of 9.85, but lost to Gay, who in that race ran 9.79. Carter, had a very good startand at one stage was leading by a meter, he then tied up and watched as Gay blew past him inthe last 20 meters.
"Tyson is a fast finisher, so you have to be like gone or keep going when youget out there," added Carter. "He is a very, very good athlete. He is a 9.6 athlete, and I am a 9.7athlete at the moment. In London. I was then at 9.8, so beating him then would have been kind of difficult."
The 100m line-up also includes former world silver medallist Michael Frater from Jamaica, who set a season's best of 9.98 in Rieti, Michael Rodgers from the USA, sixth in Rieti in 10.00 and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure,
who clocked 10.00 for seventh in that deep race.
Two-time world champion Blanka Vlasic, the other big name athlete, cleared 2.08m to top last year's meeting and will be looking to break the world record on home-soil.
By Anthony Foster, trackalerts.com
Monday, 30 August 2010 15:35
Nesta CarterTyson Gay is expecting "one of the fastest races" of the year, when he comesup against Nesta Carter of Jamaica, at this year's IAAF World Challenge Meeting, on Wednesday (Sept. 1), in Zagreb, Croatia.
Both sprinters presently share the title of 'world's fastest man' so far this season.
American Tyson Gay first ran 9.78 seconds in London on Aug. 13, andNesta Carter subsequently responded, with a 9,78 of his own, at the Rieti Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday.
Carter, a member of Jamaica's winning, world recordbreaking, Beijing Olympic, 4x100m relay team (37.10), said he would have to beat his best to beat Tyson Gay.
"Once he's in form, you have to come very good to beat him," said Carter, after saying last Friday (Aug 27) in Brussels, that day was 'Tyson's day'.
'Tyson's day', because according to Carter, the race was not run the way he should have run it.
In that meeting, Carter ran a then personalbest of 9.85, but lost to Gay, who in that race ran 9.79. Carter, had a very good startand at one stage was leading by a meter, he then tied up and watched as Gay blew past him inthe last 20 meters.
"Tyson is a fast finisher, so you have to be like gone or keep going when youget out there," added Carter. "He is a very, very good athlete. He is a 9.6 athlete, and I am a 9.7athlete at the moment. In London. I was then at 9.8, so beating him then would have been kind of difficult."
The 100m line-up also includes former world silver medallist Michael Frater from Jamaica, who set a season's best of 9.98 in Rieti, Michael Rodgers from the USA, sixth in Rieti in 10.00 and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure,
who clocked 10.00 for seventh in that deep race.
Two-time world champion Blanka Vlasic, the other big name athlete, cleared 2.08m to top last year's meeting and will be looking to break the world record on home-soil.
By Anthony Foster, trackalerts.com
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