Achievements
Gay holds the US record in the 100 m with 9.69 s, making him the joint second fastest sprinter, along with Yohan Blake, in the history of the event after Usain Bolt. His 19.58 s makes him history's fifth fastest 200 m runner. In 2010 Gay was a member of the fifth-fastest 4 x 100 m relay team in history, running a 37.45 s with teammates Trell Kimmons, Wallace Spearmon and Michael Rodgers in Weltklasse Zürich 2010. His sprint combination of 100 m and 200 m in 9.84 s and 19.62 s, run over two days in 2007, was the best ever combo at that time. During the Tom Jones Memorial Classic in Gainesville on April 17, 2010 Tyson Gay clocked 44.89 in the 400 m event and became the first man in history to dip under 10.00 in the 100 m, under 20.00 in the 200 m and under 45.00 in the 400 m. Tyson Gay remains one of only two sprinters to have beaten Usain Bolt in a final since Bolt's world record runs at the 2008 Olympics, the other being Yohan Blake at the Jamaican Olympic trials.
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