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Usain Bolt Comments on Tyson Gay's Return to Track

Nearly 10 months since Tyson Gay's return to track and field after a one-year doping ban, rival Usain Bolt remains perplexed by what he considers to be a slap on the wrist.

According to Runner's World (h/t The Guardian), the Jamaican superstar believes his American counterpart should have received a much heftier punishment:

I was really upset about that. He got a year just because he talked to the authorities about how it was done and who helped him. That sends the wrong message: 'If you do it and get caught, just tell us all you know and we'll lower your ban.