American Tyson Gay wins 100m in 9.79 seconds, earns Diamond League trophy

Gay wins 100 meters in 9.79 seconds in Brussels

BRUSSELS — American Tyson Gay has won the Diamond League trophy as the season’s top performer in the 100 meters, finishing in 9.79 seconds to beat Jamaican Nesta Carter.

Gay was looking to beat his personal best of 9.69, the time he shares with Usain Bolt as the second-fastest ever. But the weather at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels was too damp and unseasonably cold for a top time.

Gay was slow out of the blocks and had to work to catch Carter, whose 9.85 was a personal best. Another Jamaican, Yohan Blake, was third.

Gay’s time was just short of his season’s-best time of 9.78.