The 27 year old American sprinter won the British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Monday recording a time of 10.15 seconds,  after which he told reporters;

“I have been running on one leg. I’ll have a couple more meetings then I’ll go and get surgery. I really believe I can get back to my best.”

Gay has been trading records and medals with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt since before the Beijing Olympics and is determined to provide a genuine threat to the triple Olympic gold medallist.

Gay refers to Bolt as ‘a great competitor’ and says he is looking forward to competing with the Jamaican throughout the remainder of his career.

Bolt’s previous record of 19.30 seconds, was demolished in Berlin when the sprinter recorded a time of 19.19 for the 200 metre sprint event. The Jamaican finished well clear of the chasing pack with second place Alonso Edward finishing in 19.81 seconds.

Bolt celebrates his 23rd birthday today and you get the impression that there is an awful lot more to come from the sprinter who has taken another enormous stride towards his aim of becoming an athletics legend.

On the track Bolt is inspirational and off it his personality is infectious. After yesterdays record breaking run Bolt revealed:

“I can definitely say I didn’t expect that because I was a little bit tired. I said let’s try because people are really looking out for this, I said it won’t hurt to try. So I tried really hard and now I’m really tired. Maybe next time I should just run the 200m or the 100m alone. My form was going backwards. I wasn’t running upright. It wasn’t a good race but it was a fast one.”

Bolt becomes the first man to hold the 100m and 200m Olympic and World records at the same time and he says, “I did well for myself and I am on my way to becoming a legend so I am just happy.”

Watch Bolt smash the 200 metre record;

The 22 year old Jamaican was joined in the final of the 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin by US rival Tyson Gay and Jamaican team mate Asafa Powell, who finished second and third respectively.

Defending champion Gay recording an American all time best for the distance of 9.71 seconds, while the former world record holder Powell could only manage 9.84 seconds.

Britain’s Dwain Chamberlain recorded a season best of 10.00 seconds and finished in sixth place.

Bolt and Gay could  face each other again in the final of the  200metres, the heats start on Tuesday, with current record holder Bolt installed as favourite. Gay is currently struggling with a groin injury so is not certain to be involved.

As well as an embarrasing moment when Bolt first appears in the press conference, the sprinter talks about the competition in this years Championships and his duel with rival USA World Champion Tyson Gay.

Bolt also gives his views on comments made by his team mate Asafa Powell recently, who accused British sprinters of being lazy.