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Tyson Gay: fastest man is blur in blue

Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100m of all-time in the US Olympic Trials last weekend - posting [9.68] - and further complicating an already fascinating Olympic betting market.

The time won't count for record purposes because it was wind-assisted. Nonetheless, the performance was significant enough to be picked up by media round the world; including a Christian news outlet called OneNewsNow.

As the Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers reports, OneNewsNow uses not-very-sophisticated editing software that automatically amends words it considers unsavoury. This is how they reported Gay's performance:

Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster than anyone ever has.
His time of 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday doesn't count as a world record, because it was run with the help of a too-strong tailwind. Here's what does matter: Homosexual qualified for his first Summer Games team and served notice he's certainly someone to watch in Beijing.

"It means a lot to me," the 25-year-old Homosexual said. "I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me."

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