Tyson Gay will run the 100 metres at DN Galan at Stockholm Olympic Stadium Friday, July 31.

-After London I will run my final 100 metre race at the Olympic Stadium before heading to the World Championships in Berlin, says Tyson.
It will be a great dress rehearsal against eight runners with sub-10 second personal bests. One of them is Asafa Powell.

-Tyson Gay against Asafa Powell is a duel that all meetings dream of and it is fantastic that we have it, says meeting director Rajne Söderberg. But we also have seven of the world´s fastest men, among them three of the finalists at the Beijing Olympics.
Last year the duel at the Stadium was between Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt who lost. What kind of indication will this year´s duel be with the World Championships one month away?

Tyson  Gay tied his American record, 9.77 last Friday when he won the 100 metres in Rome. Asafa Powell was second with 9.88.
-It´s exciting to come to a meet where they award a special gift like the diamond for a Stadium record. I hope Rajne Söderberg has to give out ten diamonds at the meet. If I happen to be lucky enough to win one, I would give it to my little girl Trinity, says Tyson.
Gay loves the Stadium.
-The track is fast, but the fans and conditions are the reasons for world records. I’m sure everyone is lining up to run their personal best as myself. To eliminate the track, the part of the Stadium that has given it its rich history and make it into a soccer only Stadium, does not seem right.

Powell, 26, who at DN Galan in 2006 ran the current Stadium record with 9.86, has set four world records. Asafa did 9.77 three times before lowering his time to 9.74 in Rieti, Italy in 2007.

In 2007 Tyson Gay was King of the World Championships in Osaka with three gold at 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4x100 metre relay.

Keijo Liimatainen