Defending champion Usain Bolt was sensationally disqualified for a false start in the men's 100m final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, allowing fellow-Jamaican Yohan Blake to collect an unexpected gold medal.
Bolt has dominated men's sprinting since winning 100m and 200m gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, achieving the same feat at the world championships in Berlin the following year -- smashing the world record in the process.
And although he had not entered this year's worlds in top form, the absence through injury of rivals Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay meant he was hot favorite to retain the first part of the sprint double.
However, the 25-year-old fell foul of the current false start rules, which states that once one false start has occured, the next athlete to jump the gun is immediately disqualified
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"I can't find words to explain it. Usain Bolt has been there for me. I feel like I want to cry," Blake told reporters. "I felt I would win the race for Bolt."
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