This year is shaping up to be an exciting one for track & field. The upcoming World Championships will serve as a precursor to next year's Olympic Games in London, and some key match-ups are worth following.
Everyone knows about the Usain Bolt-Tyson Gay rivalry in the 100m. Ordinarily, we wouldn't be talking about this rivalry as a legitimate one, if Gay didn't defeat Bolt in their final race against each other last year. If you didn't think this was a rivalry worth tracking, then check out this interview Bolt gave to USA Today about their friendship or lack of one.
http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=mr.universe/postid=528701.html#bolt+gay+fast+friends+think+again
On a side note, the editors of this video really dropped the ball when they showed a picture of Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey during the subject of drug use in track & field. I hope they correct it soon, because it could be a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Another match-up I intend to follow is in the women's 400m. Sanya Richards-Ross has dominated this race the past four years, but has always faltered at the Olympics. To make it interesting Allyson Felix, who's been just as dominant in the 200m, is going for the sprint double. I don't think any woman has won the 200m and 400m at the Olympics since French woman Marie José-Pérec did at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
I'll continue to update you guys on some key races to follow at the upcoming World Championships in South Korea, to give you an early scouting report for next year's Olympics.
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