Tyson Gay walks before he runs

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BEIJING -- Tyson Gay marched into the Bird’s Nest with the U.S. team for Friday’s opening ceremony.

While a slow walk doesn’t seem like a big deal for a man who runs 100 meters in under 10 seconds, the good thing is it wasn’t a slow limp.

Gay, reigning world champion in the 100, hasn’t run in competition since pulling up lame in the July 5 quarterfinals of the 200 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials. He spent a lot of the time between then and his arrival in Beijing last Tuesday getting treatment at the Munich, Germany, clinic of Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth, team physician for the famed Bayern Munich soccer team.

‘Our first question to the doctor was ‘Can [Gay] run in the Olympics?’ ‘’ said Jon Drummond, Gay’s co-coach.

According Drummond, Muller-Wohlfarth answered, ‘We’ve been waiting for you’’ after the doctor learned of the runner’s injury.

Drummond said the doctor used a variety of machines on Gay’s strained hamstring, including ultrasound, microcurrent and lasers.

‘Tyson is doing well,’’ Drummond said. ‘He will absolutely be 100% for the Olympics.’’

Gay is to run the first two rounds of the 100 on Friday.

-- Philip Hersh