Tyson Gay cruises into 100m semis

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

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.

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