US Sprinter Justin Gatlin played the spoiler on Usain Bolt’s retirement night as he stormed home in first place in the 100m finals at the IAAF World Championships.
Bolt was supposed to bring his stellar Hall of Fame career to a spectacular end by doing what he does best – but Gatlin had other ideas.
Usain Bolt won gold in the 100m race during the final of the Olympic sprint race earlier today (Monday), a record third consecutive win for the Jamaican sprint king.
He beat US athlete Justin Gatlin, strolling past him after a slow start to the race that allowed Justin a big lead.
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt cemented his status as the greatest sprinter of all time with another stunning 100m win in the finals of Rio 2016.
The Jamaican won in 9.81s, to condemn US sprinter Justin Gatlin to second and Canadian Andre de Grasse to third place.
Usain Bolt does not mess around. He had a torrid year that had all his critics lined up to put him to bed. Main contender Justin Gatlin had been the best sprinter this year by a country mile.
Yet the Olympic and World Champion has been in blistering form since the World Championship began in Beijing. After winning a tightly contested 100m final, he made short work of Gatlin to retain his 200m crown whilst running a leading time for the year.
