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POSTED: Friday May 29th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LIVE TRACK AND FIELD THIS SATURDAY ON NBC SPORTS

U.S. Olympic Medalist Jeremy Wariner and Reigning World Champion Tyson Gay Compete

New York- May 28, 2009- NBC Sports presents the Reebok
Grand Prix, the fourth stop of USA Track & Field’s Visa
Championship Series, this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The track and field
event, on New York’s Randall’s Island, will be aired live and feature
Olympic and world champion athletes. The event’s marquee match-up will
feature reigning 100m world champion Tyson Gay against former 100m
world record holder Asafa Powell. Other competitors include three-time
Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner, two-time Olympic 200m champion
Veronica Campbell-Brown, and reigning 1500m and 5000m world champion
Bernard Lagat.



Tom Hammond, Ato Boldon, Lewis Johnson, Dwight Stones, Bob Neumeier will provide commentary.




       Members of the media can get more information about NBC
Universal and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web
site at www.nbcumv.com.

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Keywords · NBC Sports · Track & Field · Athletics · Tyson Gay · Asafa Powell · Jeremy Wariner · Bernard Lagat ·

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    Name: Lyndsay M Iorio

    Organization: NBC

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    Phone: +1.212-6642160

    URL: http://www.nbcuni.com

     

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