Afterwards Bolt was left ruing his shocking start, which left him two metres behind Coleman and a stride behind Gatlin after only 30 metres — and ultimately with too much to do. The way he rises from the blocks has never been much better than adequate, even at his peak. But in London it has resembled a hospital patient getting out of bed following back surgery. It was the reason I lost.
Two years ago, at the world championships in Beijing, Bolt and Gatlin had gone head to head in an epic showdown. With 20m to go the two men were locked together in a desperate tango, stretching and straining for the line. But then Gatlin over-reached, stumbled and, in a flash of 50, camera-phones and a whoosh of cheers, Bolt had him — just. This time Gatlin kept his composure. After 70 metres it looked like Coleman, who made a superb start in lane five, was going to claim his first gold medal.
But with the hot breath of Bolt on his shoulder, he began to tie up, allowing his compatriot in lane eight to pounce. As each of the eight finalists were introduced to the sound of a thumping heartbeat, Bolt had smiled and put his fingers to his lips. Coleman puffed out his cheeks, trying to blow out the tension. Gatlin, meanwhile was stoic and focused in the face of sustained booing.
It was the first time that Bolt had failed to break 9. It was, however, enough to take the m and m world record holder level with the Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey with a World Championships medal tally of Coleman ended that streak at 28 races in the semi-final and, having proceeded to make it a second loss in less than two hours for the Jamaican national treasure, Gatlin found himself as the first world m champion from the USA since Tyson Gay in Osaka ten years ago.
You deserve it. For Bolt, it was not quite the same as London , when he blitzed to three Olympic gold medals on the same track, although he did receive huge support from the sell-out crowd. And that is what killed me. I felt it was there. A little bit stressed. But I came out like at any other championships and I did my best. The Usain Bolt we saw in London was clearly rusty in all aspects of race fitness, but was always weak in this area.
Your thoughts on British sprinting? Very healthy. CJ Ujah is much better than the athlete we saw in London — he has shown that by his performances in the Diamond League.
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