LONDON (AP) — Tyson Gay will try to break Tommie Smith’s 44-year-old world record for 200 meters on a straight track when he competes in the Great City Games on May 16.
The meet in Manchester, England, will be the first time the American has raced the distance on a straight.
Smith set the record of 19.5 seconds on a cinder track in San Jose, Texas in 1966. The 65-year-old Smith will attend the meet to watch Gay, whose best time over 200 was a 19.58 in New York last May.
