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usa united states 175 lb '' : 9.69 s '' ' 200 & nbsp ; m ' '' ' : 19.58 s '' ' 400 & nbsp 100 ; m '' ' : 44.89 s & nbsp ; m '' ' tyson gay berlin 2009-2 . jpg tyson gay
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tyson gay

tyson gay -lrb- born august 9 , 1982 -rrb- is an american track and field sprinter , who competes in the 100 and 200 meters dash .
his 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the american record and makes him tied for second fastest athlete ever , after usain bolt .
his 200 m time of 19.58 makes him the fifth fastest athlete in that event .
he has since received a 1-year ban for doping .
gay has won numerous medals in major international competitions , including a gold medal sweep of the 100 m , 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay at the 2007 osaka world championships .
this made him the second man to win all three events at the same world championships , after maurice greene -lrb- usain bolt duplicated the feat two years later -rrb- .
gay is a four-time u.s. champion in the 100 m .
at the 2008 olympic trials , he ran a wind assisted 9.68 seconds in the 100 m. days after he suffered a severe hamstring injury in the 200 m trials and did not win any medals at the beijing olympics .
his performance of 9.71 seconds to win the 100 m silver medal in the 2009 world championships is the fastest non-winning time for the event .
in july 2013 , it was announced that gay had tested positive for a banned substance , following which he withdrew from consideration for the world championships in moscow .
the united states anti-doping agency -lrb- usada -rrb- suspended him until june 23 , 2014 , and stripped him of his silver medal from the 2012 summer olympics as a result .
gay is a two-time winner of the jesse owens award , was the 2007 iaaf world athlete of the year , won best track and field athlete for track & field news in 2007 and for espy award in 2008 and 2011 .
he has also achieved multiple men 's season 's best performances in the 100 m and 200 m.
