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Bolt false starts and is eliminated from 100 final
DAEGU, South Korea (AP)—Usain Bolt again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100 meters.
This time, no gold medal or world record, but a false start and straight elimination from the world championships in a race he has regally reigned over for three years.In a stunning few seconds, Bolt’s showboating turned into real-life despair when he jumped the gun and was led away from the track before Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake won gold ahead of American rival Walter Dix.
While everyone had been wondering what Bolt would do to his world record of 9.58 seconds, it was Blake who won his first 100 title with a slow time of 9.92, the only racer to break 10 seconds in the final.
Dix took silver in 10.08 and Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis was third in 10.09.
“I didn’t really think they were going to kick him out,” Dix said. “How can you kick Usain out of the race?”
Even as the final went ahead, Bolt was the center of attention, and for once in his golden career he was not play-acting.
Three steps into in his race after the starting gun, Bolt’s face turned into a primal scream. And in one instinctive move he started pulling off his Jamaica shirt, needing no one to tell him he had made the biggest error in his career.
He was shown the red card and led to the sideline.
He gritted his teeth in self disgust, and threw up his arms in desperation. Hands over his head, he walked away before slamming the blue stadium wall.
All dreams of a third golden triple in as many major championships were gone, and he had no one to blame but himself.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after winning a Men's 100m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Photo: Lee Jin-man / AP
