The fastest human on the planet has lost his title. In his final race, Jamaican Usain Bolt could only manage a bronze in the 100 metre finals of the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in London.
Bolt clocked in with a time of 9.95 seconds, but was three tenths of a second behind winner, American Justin Gatlin who grabed gold, crossing the finish line in 9.92. Fellow American Christian Coleman was second for the silver in 9.94
An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. He is the most successful athlete of the World Championships and was the first athlete to win three titles in both the 100 m and 200 m at the competition.
An eight-time Olympic gold medalist, Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although he subsequently lost one of the gold medals (as well as the world record set therein) nine years after the fact due to teammate Nesta Carter's disqualification for doping offences. He gained worldwide popularity for his double sprint victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in world record times. Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016), a feat referred to as the "triple double."