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Blake wins 100m, Bolt disqualified

Jamaica's Yohan Blake won the world championships 100m final on Sunday after red hot favourite and defending champion Usain Bolt was sensationally disqualified after a false start.

Bolt, running in lane five, went early, stunning a hugely expectant crowd in Daegu who looked on shocked as the distraught superstar ripped off his shirt and held his head in disbelief before leaving the track.

But Blake held his nerve for the restart and powered to victory, setting his season's best time of 9.92sec with American Walter Dix second (10.08) and former world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis winning bronze at 0.01sec.

“I can't find words to explain it. Usain Bolt has been there for me. I feel like I want to cry,” said Blake, Bolt's training partner under coach Glen Mills.

“I've been trained by one of the best coaches but I stayed cool and caught him (Collins). I felt I would win the race for Bolt.”

Bolt, the most marketable sportsman on the globe, has dominated the sprinting world in recent years.

After storming to the 100m and 200m sprint double in then-world record times at the 2008 Olympics, Bolt matched his feat the following year at the Berlin worlds, setting new marks of 9.58 and 19.19sec.

The veteran Collins, who won 100m gold at the world championships in Paris in 2003, said: “It was awesome. I got out well and it was a great race. I didn't think they would catch me.”

“The champion is out and you have to take advantage of it,” said the 35-year-old. “However, maybe if he had still been there I would have (got a medal).

“I don't think the false start rule is the right one but as the IAAF think it is good for TV it will probably stay. I know what I can do to make it to London next year.”

The event in Daegu was deprived of the three fastest men this year – Bolt's team-mate Asafa Powell, American Tyson Gay, and Jamaican Steve Mullings. – Sapa-AFP

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