25 June,2011 07:01 AM IST | | Oregon
Tyson Gay got his World Championships qualifying campaign off to a safe start on Thursday, moving into the 100m semi-finals at the US athletics championships.
He clocked 10.01sec to finish second in a wind-aided heat to Ivory Williams, who was timed in 9.95sec. Gay's time put him third on the day behind Williams and Michael Rodgers, who won his heat in 9.95sec with a legal wind of 1.3m/sec.
