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Tyson Gay confident he will 'shock world' by upstaging Usain Bolt

Jul. 27, 2009
Tyson Gay is confident he will "shock the world" by upstaging triple Usain Bolt at next month's world championships in what he predicts will be the most exciting 100-meter race ever.
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EUGENE, Ore., June 29 (UPI) -- Tyson Gay ran 100 meters in a wind-aided 9.68 seconds Sunday at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in Eugene, Ore.

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler