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Sports
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07/06/08
EUGENE, Ore. — Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying. 
David J. Phillip — Associated Press
Tyson Gay grimaces after falling during the first quarterfinal heat of the men's 200 meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Saturday. Find Us On Facebook
Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way — a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost America's best sprinter an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure thing, health-wise at least, with the Beijing Games five weeks away.
Gay suffered what his manager called a severe cramp in his left hamstring at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday and had to be carted off the track. He was at his hotel later, being treated with ice. "It was just one of those...
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