Bolt trumps Gatlin to win world 100m title
AFP
23 August, 2015, 19:41
Update: 23 August, 2015, 19:41
Jamaica's Usain Bolt competes in the final of the men's 100 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on 23 August 2015. Photo: AFP
Beijing, China: Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title on Sunday.
Bolt, also the double Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the blue riband event, ran a season's best of 9.79 seconds.
Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, was just one-hundredth of a second off Bolt, taking silver in 9.80sec with fellow American Trayvon Bromell rounding out the podium, taking bronze in 9.92sec.