World Athletics Championships, Moscow 2013 Report
Olympic champion Usain Bolt regained his 100m world title and won a 4th individual World Championships gold with a season's best of 9.77 seconds in Moscow.In heavy rain, the 26-year-old Jamaican made amends for his false start in Daegu 2 years ago and further cemented his status as the greatest sprinter in history.
The 6-time Olympic champion overtook Justin Gatlin in the final stages, forcing the American to settle for silver in 9.85. Bolt's compatriot Nesta Carter (9.95) claimed bronze.
It was another convincing victory for the sport's brightest star, who demonstrated his superiority by equalling the 8th-fastest time of his career in unfavourable conditions. Such is Bolt's dominance of the event, he does not have to be at his quickest to win major championships.
"My legs were sore after the semi-finals, I don't know why, but the world record wasn't on so I came out just to win.
"Back in Jamaica, they do not expect less than that from me. They always expect me to dominate!"
Gatlin, who beat Bolt in Rome in June, said: "I'm getting closer, I'm very happy with my race. The last 30m I got long. In Rome I was able to... do my race, which I didn't do tonight.
"He (Bolt) has been working on his start - in Rome he had the best reaction out of everybody and he is 6ft 5in. I had to make sure I was beating him to 50m."
The sight of Bolt surging past his rivals is now a familiar one, as is his fooling around at the start line - as the rain bounced off the Moscow track, he mimed holding an umbrella.
When the gun went, his reaction time of 0.163sec was equal to that of main rival Gatlin, and the pair were shoulder-to-shoulder before Bolt eased away.
Source: BBC Sport
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