Meet The Man Who May Beat Usain Bolt

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Usain Bolt hasn’t lost many races in his professional career, but American sprinter Tyson Gay is one of the select few to beat him. With the 2012 Summer Olympics underway, Gay is expected to be one of the chief competitors of the fastest man in the world at the 100-meter race.Gay has not only trained hard to beat Bolt, but he’s also back in shape after a hip injury that cost him most of the 2011 season. With the help of EAS Sports Nutrition, his diet and regimen have been perfected with the aim of bringing him to London in peak shape.We caught up with the fastest man in America and the second-fastest man in the world to chat about his training, Bolt and a potential Olympic gold medal in 2012.AskMen: You’re one of the few guys to have beaten Usain Bolt in a 100-meter race. Do you believe you can do it at the 2012 London Games?Tyson Gay: Yeah, I really do. Right now it’s all about me getting healthy, improving my training, my nutrition, as well as my recovery.Did you feel you got healthy and in shape in time?I think so. How does EAS help you prepare?Working with the EAS team is really helping me prepare because they provide me with a lot of supplements as far as my protein that I take before and after practice, as well as some creatine products. Me being a spokesperson for drug-free athletes, this company is 100% certified. They have no banned stimulants or substances in their product, so we’re on the same page. I can go into a Vitamin Shop or get products from the company directly, and I can take them and there’s nothing that’s going to show up positive on any test.On the topic of positive tests, BALCO mastermind Victor Conte once told us the same thing in a previous interview -- that he believes Usain Bolt is doping because the testing in Jamaica isn’t as stringent as it is for sprinters like you in the United States. Can you comment on that?I’m very closely monitored. I can’t really speak on how often Usain Bolt or any other guy in Jamaica gets tested, but I can tell you I was tested last week. I can tell you that I was also tested a couple of weeks before that -- blood and urine.But being a guy who is entrenched in the sport, is there any credence to Conte’s point? Do sprinters just assume that testing isn’t the same everywhere? Or is the general thought just to trust the system and deal with what’s under your control?Yeah, we deal with what’s under our control. I think within the last year or two, Jamaica has established their own doping committee within Jamaica, but besides that, I’ve been running against Asafa Powell, and I’ve won some and I’ve lost some. I’ve been running against Usain Bolt, and I’ve won some and lost some. So, I don’t really get the whole gossip about the Jamaica drug-testing thing because I’ve beat those guys. There could be people gossiping about me as well, and it still doesn’t matter. I’m going to go out there and do my best regardless of what anyone else is doing.Being a professional athlete, you’re around lots of medical experts who guide you through the steps of how best to recover from an injury. Can you share some insights? What’s a good piece of advice you can share with the common guy who suffers an injury and is trying to recover?It’s all about training smart. I believe some of my injuries have come because my body is just not strong enough to handle the pounding, and some of my injuries come from just freak accidents. Continue Reading

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