I can beat Bolt again -Gay

Tyson Gay is finally injury-free and says
he has "no excuses" for not beating
Usain Bolt.
The fastest man in the world this year,
Gay acknowledged his frustration at
dealing with hip, groin and hamstring
pain while Bolt piled up world records
and gold medals.
"It just was maddening for so long,"
said the American, who won sprint
double gold at the 2007 world
championships before Bolt started
dominating the following year.
"It's finally over and done with," Gay
told reporters ahead of his headline
appearance in the 100 at the
Athletissima Diamond League meeting.
"I have no excuses, I have no pain. I
feel good. I am over the mental part of
being injured," said the sprinter whose
31st birthday next month falls on the
eve of the worlds opening in Moscow.
Now Gay wants Bolt, who skipped
Athletissima to run a 200 in Paris on
Saturday, to arrive in Russia in the
same great shape. Double Olympic
silver medallist Yohan Blake is the
actual world champion at 100 – after
Bolt famously false-started in Daegu,
South Korea – though the Jamaican
No.2 has had a hamstring injury since
April.
"I hope Usain stays healthy and may
the best man win," Gay said.
"It's no secret that this guy is a
championship performer and you have
to bring your 'A' game to beat him, or
better than your 'A' game."
Gay showed his readiness by winning
the 100 and 200 meters at the US
championships last month, clocking
world-leading times of 9.75 and 19.74
seconds, respectively.
Confidence flows from his body after
standing up in Des Moines, Iowa, to
the same intense program of heats,
semifinals and finals which awaits in
Moscow.
"I felt me doing the double was a
hump I had to get over myself. I
hadn't done it in five years," Gay said.
Gay pointed to changes in his coaching
set-up and approach, prioritising his
body over going flat-out fast all the
time.
"It just is all to do with trying to stay
healthy," said Gay, adding he is working
only with longtime coach Lance
Baumann and not – for now – with Jon
Drummond, who joined the sprinter's
team ahead of his 2007 season. The
new approach involves "taking things
slower" and picking spots to post fast
times in practice.
"I was running so fast I couldn't finish
the work out, just to prove a point
there," Gay said. "Now I'm trying to
leave the race for the race."