Updated 2015-08-29 18:19.
Published 2015-08-29 15:31
Usain Bolt was completely unchallenged on the last leg of the short relay.
Beijing. Usain Bolt three gold. Justin Gatlin two silver.
The World Cup’s major duel ended with a knockout victory for King Bolt. Justin Gatlin ended the World Cup with a disqualification.
Usain Bolt three gold. Justin Gatlin two silver.
World Cup’s major duel ended with a knockout victory for King Bolt. Justin Gatlin ended the World Cup with a disqualification.
Eleven World Championship gold out of twelve possible. False start in Daegu in 2011 must annoy Usain Bolt.
Without it, he had won everything there is to win in every championship since 2008.
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But Usain Bolt is certainly happy anyway. He came to Beijing as a big question mark, but he goes away like an exclamation mark with three World Championship gold medals and still the undisputed king of sprint running.
– You can never counting off Usain Bolt, he says and continues:
– It was good to prove that all were wrong. People counted me away this season, said that I could not do it, I’m out. But they were wrong.
For a while, though Saturday’s relay gold appear to be lost. Jamaica made two bad changes while the US flew up.
But then missed Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers in the last shift and Usain Bolt could with a smile running first over the finish line.
It was a satisfied Usain Bolt who afterwards met with the media.
– It has been a tough season but I came here and did not perform the best I had and has three gold medals, so I’m happy for that, says 29-year-old who just got better with every race he ran.
USA was disqualified for the exchange and stripped of the silver, which instead went to China, to the crowd’s delight. Canada won the bronze medal.
Justin Gatlin was obviously disappointed that he did not win the gold, but he thought while he did what he could.
– This year, I reached not really forward, but this season has nevertheless been a fantastic season for me.
– This championship has shown that I am human, he answers the question how he coped with all critical questions about his doping.
– I have stood up and answered questions. Now I just want to be a runner.
Both are now investing on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next year. Bolt’s obvious goal is to bring three new gold.
– I will do everything to get the right early in the season and I hope to come to Rio and is on my top level, he said.
While the women short relay gold was won by Jamaica over the USA and Trinidad / Tobago.
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