Record holding athlete Tyson Gay, who had the year's fastest 100 meters time of 9.75 seconds, is reported to have failed a dope test. The athlete told two reporters in a telephone conference call he was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday that his A sample from an out-of-competition test on May 16 had returned a positive.
"I don't have a sabotage story. I don't have lies...I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down," said Gay,
who added he had never knowingly taken a performance-enhancing drug.
"I made a mistake," added the 30-year-old sprinter from his training base in Amsterdam.
"I am pulling out of Monaco (Diamond League meeting on Friday) and the world championships."
Gay, the world 100 and 200 champion in 2007, said he could not divulge the substance or how the positive occurred.
"I am not allowed to talk about those things right now.
"I know exactly what went on, but I can't discuss it right now," he added.
"I hope I am able to run again," Gay said. "But I will take whatever punishment I get like a man."
He had put down the year's three fastest 100 times, topped by his 9.75 at last month's U.S. meeting. Only Bolt has run faster than Gay's 19.74 seconds in the 200 this year.
"It has been tough for me," said the soft-spoken Gay. "I have always been a drug-free athlete."
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