I can mix it with Bolt, insists Gay

TYSON GAY returns to action after a six-week injury lay-off at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene in Oregon today determined to prove he can challenge the sprint dominance of Usain Bolt.

Gay has recovered from a sore hamstring which delayed the start of his Diamond League campaign and will aim to lay down the gauntlet to his Jamaican rival when he races over 200 metres at one of his favourite venues this weekend.

The 2007 world 100m and 200m gold medallist has, along with Asafa Powell, had to play second fiddle to Bolt, with Bolt triumphing over both distances at the 2008 Olympics and last summer’s World Championships in world record times.