Tyson Gay posted the second-fastest 200M time in history to complete a sprint double at the US athletics championships in high style.
Gay, winner of Friday’s 100M, zipped to an early lead in the 200 and by the midway point there was no doubt about the outcome.
Gay rode home unchallenged in 19.62 seconds, the season’s best performance and the second-fastest of all-time.
“The race was excellent,” said Gay, whose winning 100M time of 9.84 was also the top mark for 2007.
Wallace Spearmon put on a late charge for second place in 19.89 and Rodney Martin was third in 20.18.
With the national meet serving as the American team trials, Gay, Spearmon and Martin will represent the US at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, later this year.
The men’s 200M final took place without Xavier Carter, who ranked second in the world last year with a time of 19.63. Running in a steady rain in the first semifinal, Carter grabbed his right leg with about 50 meters to go, fell to his knees and failed to finish. A meet official said Carter’s right kneecap had popped out and popped back in again, but there appeared to be no further damage.
Sprinters held centrestage at the championships again on Sunday, with Allyson Felix winning the women’s 200M. Felix, the defending World champion in the half-lap, finished in 22.34 followed by Sanya Richards in 22.43 and Torri Edwards — winner of Friday’s 100M - in third place at 22.55.
Tiffany Ross-Williams powered through the women’s 400M hurdles in 53.28, the year’s fastest time. At the finish, Williams had to hold off Sheena Johnson, who charged home for second in 53.29.
Terrence Trammell, owner of two Olympic silver medals and two world championship silvers, won his first US national title in the 110M hurdles in 13.08 seconds.