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American sprint star Tyson Gay has admitted that he would be open to taking part in the 400m and even suggested that he has one eye on the US relay team for the 2012 London Olympics.
Gay has been in superb form this season clocking 9.78 seconds on a soggy Crystal Palace track and beating Olympic champion Usain Bolt in Stockholm. Having already beaten Asafa Powell, Gay has ensured that he will end the season as the number one ranked 100m runner on the planet.
The American sprinter often competes in both the 100m and the 200m but admitted that he had clocked a sub-45 second run this season. "I did run 44.89sec this year, but I can run faster in my next 400m races.
Of course the 400m is a tough event: it makes you feel dizzy in the head and miserable in the stomach, but I want to try it. I'm a tough guy as well."
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt had also previously discussed the chance of running the 400m but believed he would have to drop another sprint event as competing in all three would be too strenuous on the body.
However, Gay appears open to the option of competing in the 4x400m relay alongside two-time former 400m world champion Jeremy Warriner.
"I still have to decide on the distances that I want to run. But I definitely want to run more 400m races in the years to come. One day I want to be part of a team with Jeremy (Wariner) and the others, that is an experience that I've never had before."
