00:11The excitement was going on. The men have come out for the 100m final.
00:19There is the full line-up. Every single one of the men in this line-up has run 100m in
00:26less than 10 seconds.
00:27And the men in the middle lanes are the three fastest of all time.
00:31The world record holder, Bolt. The US record holder, Gay.
00:35And the former world record holder, Asafa Powell.
00:39Tyson Gay, a little bit of a question on his injury problems early in the year.
00:45But he's run before these championships under 9.80 three times.
00:50So, from the inside, we have Dwayne Chambers of Great Britain.
00:54The bronze medalist ten years ago and fourth in 2001.
00:59We have Mark Burns of Trinidad and Tobago in his third World Championship final.
01:05There's times in his progression to get to this final.
01:09And his personal best is 9.96.
01:12Doing his best to get relaxed before the big event.
01:18Next to him, we have, as the crowd look on in keen anticipation, the man who's made the biggest improvement
01:25this year.
01:26From Antigua, Daniel Bailey.
01:29First, second, second and fourth in Golden League events this year.
01:32He's looked terrific in qualifying and he's run 9.91 this season and sub-10 in his semi-final earlier
01:40today.
01:41Everyone anticipating now as we come to the big three.
01:45The big moments as the big man, the huge man, is introduced to the crowd.
01:50The great Usain Bolt.
01:53The top name in athletics and one of the greatest names in the whole world of sport.
01:59A great showman and a fantastic talent.
02:02We've known that since he was a 15 year old.
02:05And now we see him at the height of his majestic sprinting.
02:10We saw that in Beijing.
02:11What is he going to do today as he goes through his familiar warm-up?
02:16Usain Bolt, the world record holder at 9.69, goes in lane four.
02:24Next to him, the defending champion.
02:27The double champion from Osaka, 2007.
02:30The American record holder.
02:32He equaled up this year.
02:34It's Tyson Gay, third quickest of all time at 9.77.
02:43Didn't look quite as good as Bolt in his semi-final.
02:46But he still won.
02:47We're finishing with great power and great speed.
02:53This man, the second Jamaican in the line-up.
02:57Four world records.
02:59Asafa Powell, third two years ago.
03:03But the little question mark.
03:04He has tended to freeze in the big event.
03:07Only fifth in the last two Olympic games.
03:10But nonetheless, he's run 53 times.
03:13A world record.
03:14Sub 10 seconds.
03:16And he looked, from the form he's shown so far, to be ready.
03:19Then we have...
03:20...Darvis, Doc, Patton of the USA.
03:23Second in the US championships.
03:25A silver medalist in the 200 meters in the world championships six years ago.
03:30And a man with the best of 9.89.
03:32Another man who ran sub 10 seconds to get through to this final.
03:39Darvis Patton, the second of the Americans in this field.
03:44Two Americans.
03:45Two Jamaicans.
03:46One from Antigua.
03:47One from Great Britain.
03:49And then we have a second man from Trinidad and Tobago.
03:52With his strong Caribbean influence.
03:54It's the Olympic silver medalist, Richard Thompson.
03:58Again, sub 10 seconds to qualify.
04:00And a personal best from last year of 9.89.
04:05Very, very rare do we see such a talented line-up.
04:09Steve Aurek.
04:10This is a dream race really.
04:11You couldn't put it together better than this.
04:13And it's the world championship final.
04:16You can almost sense the crowd waiting now for the gun.
04:21And the athletes themselves are probably the most relaxed in all the stadium.
04:26I'm gonna go like a jet.
04:27Yeah, you probably will, Usain.
04:28Let's just wait and see.
04:32It's hard to believe that Usain Bolt can be as relaxed as he is.
04:37Now the moment of truth comes.
04:39A piece of sporting history.
04:41We are about to witness who will become the champion of the world here in Berlin.
04:51The final of the men's 100 metres.
04:54The IAF World Championships of Athletics here in Berlin 2009.
04:59Chambers, Burns, Bayley, Bolt, Powell, Patton and Thompson.
05:06Hush descends on this mighty packed arena.
05:12Bolt, Gay, Powell, four, five and six.
05:15They're away.
05:15Terrific start by Daniel Bailey.
05:17Usain Bolt though getting into his running.
05:19Here he comes.
05:20Usain Bolt, challenged by Tyson Gay.
05:22Usain Bolt, two clear metres.
05:24Tyson Gay in second place.
05:26And in third place, Asafa Powell.
05:289.58.
05:30Smashing the world record.
05:32Unbelievable.
05:34He's done it again.
05:36A year later, rewriting the world record again.
05:42That is the most incredible piece of sprinting the world has ever seen.
05:49Absolutely breathtaking.
05:52He didn't just break his world record, he absolutely shattered it.
05:57Is there anything this man is not capable of?
06:01We've just seen something that is just remarkable.
06:06In Beijing, he eased through the line and got 9.69.
06:11This time, even better, and he ran right through.
06:14And to take a world record by a margin of 0.11.
06:18This is history in the Olympic Stadium where Jesse Owens starred in 1936.
06:24It's got a new track, it's got a blue track.
06:27But history once again made here as he's congratulated by Asafa Powell.
06:31Powell ran 9.84.
06:33He got the bronze medal.
06:35He ran fast as never done before.
06:37Tyson Gay smacked the American record.
06:399.71, but way, way out in front of two of the greatest sprinters the world has ever seen.
06:47Possibly the second and third greatest ever.
06:49We've got Usain Bolt at 9.58.
06:52Tyson Gay ran the race of his life.
06:54Take nothing away.
06:569.71.
06:58He cannot bow his head to that, Tyson Gay.
07:03He must be proud.
07:04He's run a personal best in the most sensational final
07:08we've surely ever seen.
07:10Wherever you're watching this in the world, many, many years from now,
07:14you will remember where you were when you saw Usain Bolt destroy world-class opposition
07:21and his own phenomenal world record.
07:249.58.
07:26They are figures that we can hardly believe.
07:30Staggering performance.
07:32Absolutely beautiful to watch.
07:33This is the greatest human sprinter of all time.
07:37No question about that.
07:38You cannot destroy a field whose times themselves could be world records, national records,
07:46seasons best, by the margin which he did if you are not the most superb of athletes.
07:52And here is the photograph that will flash around the whole of the world.
07:56You'll see it everywhere.
07:58New world record, 9.58.
08:02And there is the great man, Usain Bolt.
08:04Undoubtedly one of the great figures in the world of sport.
08:07How until he's finished.
08:12cultures around the world,
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