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Tyson Gay falls during the first quarterfinal heat of the men's 200 meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Tyson Gay tumbles at Olympic trials, out of 200

AP - Sun Jul 6, 3:33 AM ET

EUGENE, Ore. - Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying. Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way — a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost America's best sprinter an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure thing, health-wise at least, with the Beijing Games five weeks away.

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