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Sportswear manufacturer Adidas has its sponsorship of U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay after the athlete a drugs test. Mr Gay, 30, is the joint second-fastest man ever over 100 metres and the fastest man in the world this year. He positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test on May 16. An Adidas spokesman said: "We are by these recent allegations. Even if we his innocence until proven otherwise, our contract with Tyson is currently ." The sportswear giant had been Gay since 2005. It has the right to the contract, “if the athlete is guilty of the possession or use of drugs or any other substance”.

Gay is currently to hear the results of his B-test, the illegal stimulant being in his initial A-test. He reporters on Monday that he did not knowingly part in any doping programme. He said: "I don't have a sabotage story. I basically my trust in someone and was let down. I know exactly what on, but I can't it right now." He said he was still optimistic about the future, saying: "I I am able to run again, but I will whatever punishment I get like a man." News of Gay's positive test shortly after another sprinter, Jamaica's former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, was also to have failed a drugs test.