Tyson Gay: Too Quick to Judge, Interview on BBC World Service by Ed Harry

Tyson Gay, photo by PhotoRun.net

Ed Harry of BBC Sport sent me a note about a really fine (my words) interview he did on Tyson Gay. It is quite thought provoking.

Ed and I had a chat in Eugene at Pre. My comment was that Tyson Gay was quite different from some of the other athletes who have tested positive. Tyson Gay admitted his error and took full responsibility. He also paid back $500k in prize money that he won during the time he had tested positive. To my recollection, NO other athlete has done such an act.

At the US champs, Ed Harry asked Tyson Gay if there was anything he wanted after winning the 100 meters at the US Champs. Tyson Gay, told Ed, with little hesitation: ” I want to be considered a role model again.”

Ed’s interview of Tyson Gay appeared on BBC radio on Wednesday night, June 8. We are fortunate to carry it here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wlmpj

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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