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I would always use a clapper board or a shrill whistle, and best of all, a starting-gun. Make it real. The Usain Bolt we saw in London was clearly rusty in all aspects of race fitness, but was always weak in this area. Your thoughts on British sprinting?

Very healthy. CJ Ujah is much better than the athlete we saw in London — he has shown that by his performances in the Diamond League. Prescod is outstanding. AW Follow. It's taken nine years but justice is finally done when it comes to podium places in the men's high jump at the London Olympics.

Next Kilian Jornet on the rise of trail running. About The Author. Peta Bee. Recent Posts. Search Search for:. Twitter Feed AW Follow. Reply on Twitter Retweet on Twitter 1 Like on Twitter 4 Twitter Reply on Twitter Retweet on Twitter 1 Like on Twitter 3 Twitter And then, in the last desperate steps of a compelling world championships m final, brutally ripped them apart. The year-old American, who was banned twice early in his career for doping offences, is not necessarily the champion the sport wants.

But given its problems, it is one that many will feel it deserves. When it flashed on the scoreboard that Gatlin had taken gold in 9. But few in the London Stadium were celebrating the rising again of this self-styled Dark Knight.

It has been a topsy-turvy journey since then — which included a four-year doping ban in , which he claimed came from a massage therapist rubbing testosterone cream on his legs without his knowledge.

Everyone thought Gatlin, a underdog going into the final, was too old and too slow. Yet somehow Gatlin found a way to roll back the years — however much it infuriated the crowd. Immediately he went to hug Gatlin, who bowed to him, to congratulate him on his performance.

Then he also lavished praise on the crowd. It is one of those things. And despite suffering the most painful defeat of the year, he turned the atmosphere from a morgue to a party by performing his traditional lap of honour and posing for selfies as if he had just claimed his 12th world title.

Afterwards Bolt was left ruing his shocking start, which left him two metres behind Coleman and a stride behind Gatlin after only 30 metres — and ultimately with too much to do. The fact I didn't get it is why I lost. I knew they would come out and support me. I'm just sad I couldn't come out and win.

They have stood behind me and pushed me and I really appreciate that. Gatlin disappeared from view after a brief run down the home straight, but when he returned for interviews he was greeted with chants of "cheat, cheat cheat" while he was live on air.

Gatlin said: "I tuned it out the boos through the rounds and stayed the course. I did what I had to do. I thought of what I would do if I did win but I didn't do any of that. I have had many victories and many defeats down the years.