America’s Tyson Gay Named Male Athlete of the Year
Posted November 27th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Three-time World Outdoor champion and 2007 Jesse Owens Award winner Tyson Gay was named the Male World Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo over the weekend.
Gay had an historic year in 2007, sweeping the 100 and 200 meters at both the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Osaka and the USA Outdoor Championships. He added World Outdoor gold in the 4×100m to become the fourth man in World Championships history to win three gold medals at a single championship.
In Osaka, he won his first gold in the 100, blazing to a 9.85 victory to relegate world-record holder Asafa Powell to third. Gay then took down Michael Johnson’s 200m meet record, coming from behind to win his second gold medal of the meet in 19.76. He finished his global trifecta by running the third leg on the winning men’s 4×100m relay that won a nail-biter of a race in 37.78.
Gay had given notice of his prowess at the U.S. Outdoor Championships, cementing his status as the world’s most dominant all-around sprinter with his meet record wins in the 100 (9.84, -.5m/s) and 200 (19.62, -.3m/s) in posting the fastest 100-200 double in history. Gay also came away from the meet with the men’s Visa Championship as the top male performer of the Visa Championship Series.
Establishing himself as the world’s top big-meet, championship runner, Gay won every race he entered in the 100 and 200 in 2007, save for one. He ran five of the seven fastest times by an American in the 100 and three of the four fastest times by an American in the 200, including the 2007 world leader (19.62).
The winner of all her races this season, including two World records and a World best, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia was named the 2007 Female World Athlete of the Year. The list of other World Athletics Gala Award winners follows:
2007 World Athletics Gala Awards
Performances of the Year
Male Winner Asafa Powell JAM
Female Winner Blanka Vlasic CRO
Hero of Athletics Award
Carl Lewis USA
Inspirational Award
Paula Radcliffe GBR
Haile Gebrselassie ETH
Newcomer of the Year
Donald Thomas BAH
Rising Star Award
Ruth Bisibori Nyangau KEN
Coaches’ Award
Vitaly Petrov UKR
For more information on the 2007 World Athletics Gala visit: www.iaaf.org
Written by: Tom Surber
Via: USA Track & Field
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November 27th, 2007 at 10:21 pmRespected Sir,
I am a Vinamra Narkhede . I stay in India . I am a student. The reason to write this Letter is that I am a good Athlete As I am doing Sprinting Event of 100 meters , 200 meters in Athletics.
Please send me the Information about 100 meters sprinter Mr. Tyson Gay World Athlete from your countary where he is doing his Practice , name of his Coach will they guide me ? to Progress in my Athletics Carrer.
Please let me inform about your decision as early as possible. I will wait for your reply.
Thanking You,
Truely Your’s
Vinamra S. Narkhede
December 30th, 2007 at 8:57 am