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Usain Bolt Beats Rival Justin Gatlin to Win World Athletics Gold

August 23, 2015 19:54

Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title in spectacular style.

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Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title in spectacular style.
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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 in Beijing.
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Bolt was characteristically emphatic in celebrating his win - especially as much had been said and written in the run-up to the contest between him and Gatlin.
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Although Bolt is the first to decry the idea that he is the "saviour" of track and field, global athletics chiefs will no doubt, at least in private, heave a huge sigh of relief at his win.
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After all, the Jamaican's showdown with the sport's pantomime villain Gatlin was portrayed by some as a symbolic struggle of light versus dark.

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