Bolt, Gatlin, and Coleman battle to the 100m wire at 2017 world championships | NBC Sports

there he goes for the middle of the track applauding the crowd and now getting mentally focused for that final 100 meters Christian Coleman Usain Bolt ran nine seventy two at age 21 Coleman ran nine eighty two this year at age 21 only those two men have ever run a hundred meters that fast at that age so that's good company to be in and it's why many including myself think this young man has an extremely bright future he's also a good 200 meter runner the US needs some new talent in that event they haven't won Olympic medals at 200 meters in the last two Olympic Games Coleman I thought the best thing I saw from him in the semi final is his poise you are not going to beat Usain Bolt tonight if you cannot hold your poise and hold your form in the last 50 meters you can talk about death and taxes being inevitable but you know folds coming at the end of a hundred metre championship is also likely to happen and remember for Christian Coleman stepping into this Stadium 60,000 strong here they have an experience things like this as we see Vito Nico was 8 in the last World Championships two years ago in Beijing you same cool when he set his world record of 958 he was running almost 28 miles per hour during that 100 meters and Coleman right next to him in Lane 5 982 this year but he's been running fast since February how much does he have left Sabeena of South Africa and don't forget he looked very good in his semi-final as well let's not overlook the South African Yohan Blake win it was a false start by Usain Bolt's Yohan Blake stepped up to that opportunity and won the World Championships and a 35 year old Justin Gatlin the most experienced in the field at age thirty five hundred and 200-meter world champion twelve years ago and 2005 listen to the roar here for the great Prescott does a question earlier he's just 21 he's having his best year ever the British champion set of personal bests 1003 in the first round so bold for the very last time into the blocks to take on the world's best at 100 meters in the World Championships and Olympics he has never lost in a race that he has started you say bull Christian Coleman some beating and boy silence over the entire crowd there's the gun hold on slow Christian comet has two strikes on him Christian wanna try to win the championship [Applause] it could be Catlin as well and the entire crowd Tolman thinks he's got it kleavon thinks he has a Gatlin thinks he has a stand Usain Bolt thinks he has it [Applause] she's just world champion so after ten years and three World Championships the world hundred-meter title comes back to the United States Gatlin wins his second hundred meter world title Justin Gatlin closed a new same bull bull not a great start Christian Coleman was the dominant figure and then it was the strong performance by Gatlin at the end this looked a lot like the US Championships with Gatlin getting the better of Coleman in the final five so the man who won his the world title 12 years ago Justin Gatlin gets to say I got one over on Usain Bolt in his very last race and now the decision by both to stick around for another year will be questioned forever unbelievable finish by Justin Gatlin and you see the emotion Coleman gets the silver it was bolts in third for the bronze and whether or not you like justin gatlin this has been an effort and a display of perseverance Gatlin was bronzed behind bolt in 2012 silver behind him in 2013 lean for the bold in 2015 and he kept coming back finally getting the world's greatest hundred meter runner ever at the depth in his very last hundred to 2017 and remember Auto this is the first time when he's actually raced that he's ever launched in the hundred meters on this stage and this took poise I taught him I talked about the poise that you would need if you're gonna beat both in a hundred meters both Coleman and Gatlin showed a lot of poison let's give some credit to the youngster in his very first global final he led for most of this race until Gatlin caught him so the future appears to be set for the United States has Kristian Coleman the NCAA record holder the n-c-double-a champion looks like he is definitely one to watch for the future as he to got to the line before Usain Bolt similar to the US Championships the Nationals where Coleman was out front and Gatlin reel him in both didn't have that final burst that final 50 meters but you see him acknowledging this crowd on top of the podium no matter what competition it was it was always Usain Bolt tonight there's a new world champion and that's his American Justin Gatlin he's standing by with Luis well Justin it's been a long career a long career at 12 years later after winning your first world championship you're back here again on the top how did you get in the blocks in this big moment with everything on the line they make this out I didn't think about myself I thought about my parents in the stands I thought about my supporters back in the hotel on my countrymen for watching at home and those who counted I didn't do it for me all the times I've lost are you saying and and I've gotten super and bronzes today I just went out there that is it upon those who really wanted me to go out there do it when I know deep down inside there must be a significance that we don't understand and the fact that you came from behind and you were able to get both in his final hugger beaters you know I couldn't see anything from my innate and I know at the point in time when was the start line it was a pacol meaning Usain Bolt show I know I had someone at the Vantage out Lane aid but also had a disadvantage cut couldn't see them so I just ran for my life at one point you fell down to the track and we saw the emotion in your eyes can you just explain what that meant to you with everything you've been through in your career a truth about his day I've worked hard for this day it took for me to not be selfies and think about myself and then think about others to give me that fight and that's what matters the most congratulations thank you Thank You America [Applause] you

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Length: 8min 22sec (502 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 27 2019