The US athlete Tyson Gay, who won three golds at the Osaka World Championships, including both individual short sprints, has been elected Athlete of the Year 2007, the very title that his hero Carl Lewis was awarded in 1988!
Extract from IAAF 2007 Yearbook
We have only once ever seen Tyson Gay’s placid persona vary, and that was when the young athlete from Lexington, Kentucky, won the 100m World title in 9.85.
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