EUGENE, Oregon (AP)

World 100-metre champion Tyson Gay ran a wind-aided 9.75 seconds at the US championships yesterday.

It was the seventh-fastest time under any conditions, but after the preliminary race Gay was finished at the championships. His coaches confirmed he wouldn't race again.

"But I want to," Gay said. "Because I ran a horrible race."

tune-up

Already qualified for this year's world championships in Berlin, Gay used the nationals as a tune-up. Because of the wind, the time won't go down as the new American record, even though it was .02 seconds faster than the mark he set last year on the same track.

Record or no, over the past four weeks, Gay has made his point: He's ready to take on world-record holder Usain Bolt.

Combine this with the 19.58 he clocked in the 200 in May in New York, only the third sub-19.6 ever in that event, and it's clear Gay was over whatever ailed him last year when an injury at the Olympic trials on the same track at Eugene derailed his season.