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All eyes on Usain Bolt even if training in seclusion
“He’s looking good too, man,” Gay said. “I think he’s going to be a tough competitor. He is obviously one of the favorites.”
With his surgically repaired hip, Gay is flying under the radar heading into London. He’s only raced a couple of times since March, but Gay is quickly getting up to speed.
“There’s no pressure on me,” said Gay, who insists his hip is doing just fine. “I don’t have as much media attention on me. I don’t have to do so many obligations. It does feel pretty good (to be the underdog).”
Another sprinter overshadowed by the presence of Bolt and Blake is 2004 Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin, who is back on track’s biggest stage after a four-year doping suspension.
“I’m not favored to win,” Gatlin said after claiming the 100 title at U.S. trials in Eugene. “There are other guys out there who have experience and the upperhand on me since I’ve been gone for four years. It’s going to be an uphill battle for me, to claw to the top.
“But anything can happen.”
Especially since no one really knows the conditioning level or health of Bolt.
