Headlines That Work: ‘Tired Gay Succumbs To Dix’

Every now and again, events transpire to create what could be the perfect and funny headline. Like former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay losing a 200 meter race in Eugene, Oregon to Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix, allegedly because he was tired. The headline writes itself!

Writing for Reuters, Gene Cherry reports:

Oregon (Reuters) – Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix edged out Tyson Gay in the former world champion’s hotly-anticipated return to the 200 meters at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

In the 110 meters hurdles, American David Oliver recorded the fourth fastest 110 meters hurdles of all time with a 12.90 second run.

Gay, who has been battling a nagging hamstring problem for seven weeks, ran his first 200 of the year in 19.76 seconds to finish just shy of Dix, who took control coming off the bend and stayed in front to win in 19.72.

“It wasn’t bad, but I was a little fatigued toward the end,” Gay said. “I tried to stay relaxed and bring it home, but it wasn’t enough.”

Dix, who won the 100 meters and placed second at the U.S. nationals last weekend, said his race experience had helped, “but I’m a little beat up, too.”

(H/T to Dave Weigel‘s Twitter feed for the head’s up.)

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