Tyson Gay agrees to repay $500k in prize and appearance fees, from EME News

CLERMONT (USA): US Sprinter Tyson Gay has agreed to immediately repay all the prize money and appearance fees he received since he started using a banned anabolic steroid in 2012, report telegraph.co.uk. The money, understood to be close to 500 000 USD (300 000 GBP), will be returned to the promoters of five Diamond League meetings and the Jamaica Invite after the American sprinter admitted to USADA that he first used a cream containing the steroid on July 15, 2012.

(Editor’s notes: Fascinating to me. Tyson Gay admitted right away that he had violated the rules, then, turned back his Olympic medal, and now, is paying back the money he won from five DL meetings. In my world, when one takes responsibility for his or her actions, and pays back what is owed, that is what being an adult is all about. )

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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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