Thursday, 30 August 2007

Flash Interviews: Men's 200 Metres Final

Gold - Tyson GAY, USA

Oh, it feels so great. But I am still tired. Maurice Greene is one of my idols and I am proud to do the double like him. Usain Bolt came out so fast and I had to work hard to catch him. I should be thankful to him to make this such a fast race. I stayed relaxed - also about the hamstring - and kept pumping. I felt the twinge in the warm-up, but during the race it was fine. The 200 metres was just about believing in God that he would give me the strength. I have two golds and I want the third in relay. I beat the meet record of Michael Johnson and that is great feeling because he is also one of my idols. I believe it is possible to beat his world record, but I have to build up more strength. I knew that in the final one would have to run a 19.60-19.70 time. My coach and Jon Drummond, they have definitely changed my career. I will see my coach in few weeks time, I do not know when exactly.

Silver - Usain BOLT, JAM

I tried hard, but for the moment he is unbeatable. I'm proud of myself to get the silver for Jamaica. Hey, I'm one of the best in the world, that is not small. I had a good start, good first 100 m, then I was really trying hard, but he was better. It gives me a lot of motivation to work even harder for next season to be able to beat him. Asafa may have had a chance even here in case he ran his best race. I want to try next year. I will use more 400 m races to get stronger and try to be the best.

Bronze - Wallace SPEARMON, USA

I had a bad start, almost fell in the first couple of steps. Tyson ran a great race. Usain ran a great race. Congrats to them. I should be happy to get a medal but I'm not. My goal was to win. 19.91 for second place, it [third] hurts.

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