Athletics – World Athletics Championships – Doha 2019 – Men’s 100 Metres Final – Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar – September 28, 2019 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in the final REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
DOHA (Reuters) – Christian Coleman claimed the 100 meters world championship gold medal on Saturday, taking the title of the world’s fastest man from his United States team mate Justin Gatlin.
Coleman, silver medalist to Gatlin two years ago in London, turned the tables on his compatriot in Doha, rocketing to the top of the podium in a season’s best time of 9.76 seconds.
The 37-year-old Gatlin continued to prove he is one of the sport’s big-time performers, however, and grabbed the silver in 9.89.
Canadian Andre De Grasse, a triple medal winner at the Rio Olympics, returned to form after a string of injuries and took bronze in 9.90.
Just weeks ago American Coleman had looked in danger of missing the world championships when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) filed – and later withdrew – a whereabouts violation charge that could have resulted in a one or two-year sanction.
