Gay says hi, Wisil stoked

TOEA Wisil got the shock of her life on Wednesday morning at the Dining Hall in the Olympic Village.
She was quietly eating breakfast on her own when an American athlete politely asked if he could sit at the same table.
This was none other than Tyson Gay, the second fastest man in history over 100m and tipped to feature strongly in what is widely expected to be one of the great 100m races of all time on Sunday in  the  Olympic stadium.
Wisil was still buzzing now, said team manager Tony Green on Wednesday evening.
She was really excited to meet Tyson and he offered her a few words of encouragement which was really nice. It has given her a great morale boost ahead of her race on Friday.”
Wisil will kick off her Olympic campaign at 11.01am today as one of 36 athletes who will compete in the preliminary round of the 100m. 
For the 100m event only, a preliminary round is being held for all the entrants who have not run the qualifying time of 11.38secs. 
Ten athletes from these four heats will progress to the first round proper this evening where they will join all the qualified athletes.
“With a best time this year of 11.49secs, Toea is the second fastest and should comfortably qualify for the first round proper,” Green said.
“A good run today will give Wisil the confidence to take on the best athletes later in the evening and hopefully make it through to the semi-finals which will be held tomorrow evening.”
Both Wisil and Nelson Stone have now completed their preparations. Both athletes are relaxed and are looking forward to their races.
“The hard work is done now and the athletes are just winding down and focusing on their races.”
Nelson will compete in the first round of the 400m on tomorrow and faces an uphill battle to get through to the second round.
“Unlike the 100m events which include a lot of unqualified athletes, the 400m is a very high quality field, with 43 of the 55 entrants having run better than the qualifying time of 45.95secs.”
“Stone will be aiming to break the 47 second barrier and hopefully improve on his Papua New Guinea national record of 46.70 set at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India,” Green said.