« on: July 06, 2008, 08:18:56 AM »
EUGENE, Ore. -- Every athlete at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials felt for Tyson Gay, knowing the chill of that sudden strike of pain and the hazy uncertainty that descends while you take stock of your body and desperately hope years of training have not been lost in one swift and terrible instant.
Gay's stumble and fall about 40 meters into his quarterfinal heat of the men's 200 on Saturday was attributed to a muscle cramp in his left leg, and no lasting damage was found. If that's the case, he is far more fortunate than he appeared when he toppled to the Hayward Field track, his number loosened from his back to flutter in the breeze.
"My eyes started to well up," said Lauryn Williams, who watched Gay's race after her 200 quarterfinal, "and I was like, 'Please, God, no, don't take him away from us now. The USA needs him.' "
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