Coleman was the man to beat in the race.
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Prescod, 22, crossed the line in a season’s best time of 10.04 seconds, just 0.01s shy of his personal best.
The victory at a rainy Shanghai Stadium in China helped him to claim his maiden IAAF Diamond League victory.
The 31-year-old, an eight-time Olympic champion, retired from athletics after the London World Championships in August when his 100m farewell ended in a third-placed finish behind Gatlin and Christian Coleman.
Bolt, having been passed the baton by Yohan Blake, was in third behind Great Britain and the United States, who eventually won gold and silver, but pulled up almost 50m from the line and fell to the track.
He also said he has no issue showing respect to under-pressure American sprinter Justin Gatlin, after his 100m victory a few days ago.
American Gatlin, who has served two suspensions for doping offences, ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell on Saturday by beating the Jamaican sprinter in his final individual race.
American Gatlin, who has served two suspensions for doping offences, ruined Usain Bolt’s fairytale farewell on Saturday by beating the Jamaican sprint great in his final ever individual race.
Gatlin silenced the London Stadium with his surprise triumph, spoiling Bolt’s farewell to claim his first World Athletics Championships gold medal since 2005.
Gatlin took the title in 9.92 but instead of acclaiming the remarkable success of a 35-year-old triumphing 13 years after he won the Olympic title, vast swathes of the crowd booed him in response to his two bans for drugs offences earlier in his career.
Jamaican superstar Bolt waved farewell to individual athletics without the fairy tale victory as American Gatlin romped home at the London Stadium
Gatlin breasted the tape in 9.96 seconds ahead of Bolt who finished third
Ujah, 23, achieved a season’s best of 9.98 seconds and beat the record of 10.12 held by American Justin Gatlin.
The controversial American needed a top-two finish in the third heat or a faster time than 20.08s but after fading and looking across to his right in the closing stages, he could only claim third in a time of 20.13s
The Jamaican sprinter never came close to breaking his own world record but a time of 9.81s was comfortably enough to see off rival Justin Gatlin
Allyson Felix won the women’s 400m final at the US Olympic track and field trials, while 18-year-old Vashti Cunningham made the high jump squad.
Gatlin, who was the only American man to medal in the sprint races at the London Games four years ago with a bronze in the 100, finished in 9.80, the fastest time of the year
Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion who was banned for doping between 2006 and 2010, clocked a wind-assisted 9.88 seconds at Eugene’s Hayward Field
American Gatlin, who lost out to Jamaica’s Bolt in both the 100 and 200 meters at last August’s world championships in Beijing, eased home ahead of Japan’s Ryota Yamagata and Ramon Gittens of Barbados at Kawasaki’s Todoroki Stadium
The prospect of another clash between Bolt and Gatlin sets the tone for an epic 100m showdown during the summer Olympics in Brazil from the 5th to the 21st of August
Bolt, from Jamaica and world champion in both the 100m and 200m, was emphatic in winning his race at the ongoing 15th IAAF World Championships