Gay fails to advance to 100 Olympic final

By EDDIE PELLS

BEIJING (AP) — For Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, it will still be a dream matchup. For Tyson Gay, a bitter disappointment.

The American record-holder and defending world champion failed to make the finals of the Olympic 100-meter dash Saturday, finishing .02 second out of fourth place in his semifinal heat and making an early exit from one of the most highly anticipated events of the Beijing Olympics.

Starting in the outside lane, Gay got a good jump from the blocks and was in the mix early in the race, but he never showed any burst, was overtaken by Powell and Richard Thompson and outleaned to the line by American Darvis Patton, who finished in 10.03 seconds.

"I did my best," Gay said. "I don't have any excuses."

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