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Bolt disqualified from 100m after false start in final as Blake wins gold
By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:19 PM on 28th August 2011
Usain Bolt was disqualified from the final of the 100 metres in the World Championships in Daegu for a false start.
Bolt had looked in brilliant form in the heats and semi-final, feeling all the hard work he had done on his start had finally paid off.
Out early: Usain Bolt gets away too early
But the Jamaican star got it all wrong in spectacular fashion this evening, springing from his blocks before the gun and pulling his running vest off in frustration, instantly realising he would be disqualified.
While Bolt was still slapping a wall near the start in frustration, compatriot Yohan Blake powered to the title in 9.92 seconds, with American Walter Dix taking silver and veteran Kim Collins the bronze.
Despair: Usain Bolt rips his vest off after the false start
Blake said the win felt like a dream, and thanked training partner Bolt.
'I can't find words to explain it,' he told Channel 4. 'My training partner has been there for me.
'I feel like I want to cry. I've been praying for this moment. It feels like a dream.'
Reality kicks in: Bolt realises the impact of the false start
Asked if he was worried by the quick start made by Collins, he added: 'I stayed cool. I knew I was going to catch him and I did.'
Collins suggested the false-start rule is not right in its current form, which sees an athlete disqualified for any early move.
Former champion: Bolt watched his title go to Yohan Blake
'I don't think it is,' he said.
'These things happen and you've got to give people a chance.'
Going for gold: Blake of Jamaica celebrates winning the men's 100 metres final
Blake had been the quickest qualifier from the semi-finals, clocking 9.95 in a race which also saw Britain's Dwain Chambers disqualified for a false start.
Previously athletes had been allowed one false start before being disqualified for a second, but new rules were introduced by the IAAF for the start of the 2010 season.
Rule 162.7 states that 'An athlete, after assuming a full and final set position, shall not commence his start until after receiving the report of the gun. If, in the judgement of the starter or recallers, he does so any earlier, it shall be deemed a false start. Except in combined events, any athlete responsible for a false start shall be disqualified.'
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By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:19 PM on 28th August 2011
Usain Bolt was disqualified from the final of the 100 metres in the World Championships in Daegu for a false start.
Bolt had looked in brilliant form in the heats and semi-final, feeling all the hard work he had done on his start had finally paid off.
Out early: Usain Bolt gets away too earlyBut the Jamaican star got it all wrong in spectacular fashion this evening, springing from his blocks before the gun and pulling his running vest off in frustration, instantly realising he would be disqualified.
While Bolt was still slapping a wall near the start in frustration, compatriot Yohan Blake powered to the title in 9.92 seconds, with American Walter Dix taking silver and veteran Kim Collins the bronze.
Despair: Usain Bolt rips his vest off after the false startBlake said the win felt like a dream, and thanked training partner Bolt.
'I can't find words to explain it,' he told Channel 4. 'My training partner has been there for me.
'I feel like I want to cry. I've been praying for this moment. It feels like a dream.'
Reality kicks in: Bolt realises the impact of the false startAsked if he was worried by the quick start made by Collins, he added: 'I stayed cool. I knew I was going to catch him and I did.'
Collins suggested the false-start rule is not right in its current form, which sees an athlete disqualified for any early move.
Former champion: Bolt watched his title go to Yohan Blake'I don't think it is,' he said.
'These things happen and you've got to give people a chance.'
Going for gold: Blake of Jamaica celebrates winning the men's 100 metres finalBlake had been the quickest qualifier from the semi-finals, clocking 9.95 in a race which also saw Britain's Dwain Chambers disqualified for a false start.
Previously athletes had been allowed one false start before being disqualified for a second, but new rules were introduced by the IAAF for the start of the 2010 season.
Rule 162.7 states that 'An athlete, after assuming a full and final set position, shall not commence his start until after receiving the report of the gun. If, in the judgement of the starter or recallers, he does so any earlier, it shall be deemed a false start. Except in combined events, any athlete responsible for a false start shall be disqualified.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...#ixzz1WKG20rje