Bolt beat his rival Gatlin by one th of a second Sunday. Gatlin was the pre-race favorite and has ran the fastest time this year, but he is a divisive figure due to his previous bans for doping offenses. The taste of success is nothing new to Bolt, who made it nine World Championship gold medals with his triumph on Sunday. Victory in Beijing means Bolt holds on to his tag as the world's fastest man. Bolt may be the fastest but he is just one sprinter off a conveyor belt of talents to come from Jamaica.
The secret to his speed and that of his countrymen and women, says Bolt, is the level of internal competition. The reason behind the Caribbean island's success appears to be down to the sprint system for budding athletes from day one.
Bolt arrived in Beijing as defending triple world champion having won his meter gold in Moscow two years ago under the backdrop of lightning.
But his career high - at least in speed terms - was at the Worlds in where he set a m world record of 9. He subsequently shattered Michael Johnson's m record at the same championships with a time of Bolt has been coached to the top by Glen Mills, a key figure in shaping the sprint talent that Jamaica has to offer. Bolt appeared to be struggling this season with form and fitness but won the Anniversary Games m in a time of 9.
World m champion Blake burst past his training partner on the straight for the victory. The reigning m and m Olympic champion, who also won 4xm gold in Beijing, said he was "weak" and must "put in the work" ahead of London Blake, 22, had been quicker in Saturday's m semi-finals, running They are the fastest two men of all time over the distance and their battles are set to be one of the highlights of the London Games.
My coach isn't worried, so I'm OK. His coach, Glen Mills, said he was confident Bolt would be at his peak again in time for the Olympics, which begin later this month. Blake had only words of thanks for Bolt. I just wanted to keep performing and keep going.
In the women's m, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won in a personal best of These comments are now closed. Athletics Results Calendar. Comments Join the conversation. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. Comment posted by dungolfin, at 2 Jul dungolfin. This might mean Bolt runs for m rather than his usual 90m and we'll see just how fast he really can be.
Comment posted by Darpor, at 2 Jul Darpor. For anyone seriously suggesting that Bolt was cruising, are you watching the same race as the rest of us? Don't forget that Blake ran We are not talking Powell here, who is fast but doesn't have the mental ability to beat Bolt. Blake does.
Comment posted by U, at 2 Jul U Both of them are running more than half a second slower than their best. That's a huge margin. You can't read into this that Bolt isn't on the pace. This is just mind games. They are both just qualifying. Neither wants to let the other know just how fast they really are. Blake is cruising as much as Bolt is. Comment posted by kockneyred, at 2 Jul kockneyred. Brittney Reese , who earned gold and silver at the last two Olympics, won with a 7.
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