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World Athletics Championships: USA's Christian Coleman clinches gold in 100m race

This timing is the fastest 100m sprint of the year and the sixth-fastest of all time.

World Athletics Championships, USA, Christian Coleman, gold

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Published : Sep 29, 2019, 9:52 AM IST

Updated : Sep 29, 2019, 11:55 AM IST

Doha: Star sprinter Christian Coleman from the USA won the gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. The 23-year-old completed the race in just 9.76 seconds.

This timing is the fastest 100m sprint of the year and the sixth-fastest of all time.

Usain Bolt's 9.58-second sprint is the world record.

"World champion, it sounds incredible, too good to be true. For me to make it here and come out with gold is incredible," Coleman said.

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Reigning world champion Justin Gatlin won a silver medal while Canadian Andre De Grasse won a bronze medal.

In the race, the first five men crossed the line in under 10 seconds.

In August this year, Coleman was reportedly set to miss the championships after it emerged that he had missed three drugs tests in 12 months under the 'whereabouts' system and was potentially facing an automatic one-year ban.

The case against the 23-year-old was eventually dropped on a technicality over dates and he was allowed to compete.

Last Updated : Sep 29, 2019, 11:55 AM IST

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