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Will Tyson Gay win any gold medals at the Beijing Olympics?

Settled as No

Gay doesn't even make it to the finals!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM401900/index.html

Background:

Background: At the Olympic trials, Gay suffered what is referred to as a mild hamstring injury. Although he says he has recovered, he has withdrawn from all competitions prior to his event at the Olympics.

He is currently schedled to compete in the 100m dash and the 4x100m relay -- do you think he will bring home Gold?

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/news/newsid=146658.html#tyson+gay+injured+200m

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Saturday night, NBC track and field analyst Lewis Johnson spoke with Gay's agent Mark Wetmore, who said results of an MRI on Gay's hamstring revealed a mild strain in the middle of the muscle. >>

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
27%
No
73%
Settled as No on Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:49am PST

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 2008 6am PST
Settlement date: Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:49am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 21st Aug 2008 4am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 80%

Action history:

Created Sun 6th Jul 2008 2:37am PST by bayoubear[Admin]
Clarified Mon 14th Jul 2008 2:24am PST by donal: Refers to all events - individual and relay
Suspended Fri 1st Aug 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Unsuspended Sat 2nd Aug 2008 5:11pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Unsuspending due to 7 day rule and to allow play during Olympics
Clarified Sat 2nd Aug 2008 5:11pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Edited to update background info
Suspended Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:44am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:44am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Not sure about backvoid date, but looks like US is out for the relays
http://www.nbcolympics.com/newscenter/news/newsid=243979.html?_source=rss&cid= (market suspended)
Settled as 'No' Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:49am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Gay doesn't even make it to the finals!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM401900/index.html

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 2008 6am PST
Settlement date: Thu 21st Aug 2008 7:49am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 21st Aug 2008 4am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (100)

1 year ago
shirt10 predicted No (H$408 at 97%)
1 year ago
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1 year ago
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puntdotcom predicted No (H$1,336 at 75%)
1 year ago
nicko predicted No (H$200 at 74%)

Comments (2)

  1 donal
Refers to all events - individual and relay
posted 1 year ago
This market has been reopened and edited to allow play during the Olympics. It will suspend before the 4x100m final but can settle prior to that if he wins the 100m dash or withdraws from relay.
posted 1 year ago

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