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Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt
set for 100m at Reebok Grand Prix
NEW YORK, NY (May 8, 2008)
American sprint star Tyson Gay, the reigning 100-meter World
Champion, and Jamaicas Usain Bolt, who last weekend stunned
the sports world when he ran the second-fastest 100-meter dash in history,
will meet at 100 meters at the Reebok Grand Prix on May 31, organizers
announced today. The Reebok Grand Prix
will begin at 5 p.m. on May 31, at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island.
On the heels of a sell-out last year, 1,500 bleacher seats have been
added on the backstretch to accommodate the expected demand in this
Olympic year. Gay, who in 2007 became
only the second man in history to win World Championship gold medals
at 100 meters, 200 meters and the 4x100-meter relay, last year scorched
the Icahn Stadium track here when he won in 9.76 seconds, which would
have broken the World Record at the time had it not been for a tailwind
(2.2) barely over the legal limit. After his triumph in Osaka, the 25-year-old
Gay was named the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year, USOC Sportsman of the
Year, Track & Field News Magazine Man of the Year and winner
of the Jesse Owens Award. Bolt, the 21-year-old Jamaican
who took the 200-meter and 4x100-meter World Championship silver medals
behind Gay in Osaka, is the 2002 World Junior Champion at 200 meters
and holds the World Junior Record of 19.93 seconds for the distance.
At the Jamaica International Invitational on May 3, Bolt blazed to a
100-meter victory in 9.76 seconds, the second-fastest time in history
behind only countryman Asafa Powells 9.74, which Powell set late
last summer. The Reebok Grand Prix,
in its fourth year, will begin at 5 p.m. on May 31, at Icahn Stadium
on Randalls Island. The new bleacher seats, along the backstretch
with clear views of the finish line, will be available for $15. Grandstand
tickets range from $50-$24. Tickets are on sale now by phone at 1-877-TIX-TRAC
or on-line at www.ReebokGrandPrix.com. \
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