Tyson Gay keeps sprinting in memory of 15-year-old daughter

She ran the 100 and 200 meters — just like dad. She was so fast and would've been a college standout. This he has no doubt. That's why Tyson Gay nearly walked away from racing. It was too painful with his daughter gone. So painful that when he trains he feels the stress in his back and can't shake it off. Only, she wouldn't want him to quit. So he keeps sprinting in the memory of his 15-year-old daughter, Trinity , who was shot and killed in October outside a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky. "It's crushing and it never goes away. But you try to live with it," said Gay , who competes in the first round of the 100 on Thursday night at the U.S. track and field championships. "You try to think

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