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22 Monday, August 14, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Monday, August 14, 2017 23 Kenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri France’s Yohann Diniz wins the men’s 50km race walk Organisers R Country Total 1 United States 10 11 9 30 Farah gets to blame 2 Kenya 5 2 4 11 3 South Africa 3 1 2 6 for Bolt’s 4 France 3 0 2 5 golden send-off 5 China 2 3 2 7 6 Great Britain & N.I. 2 3 1 6 collapse 7 Ethiopia 2 3 0 5 London sain Bolt’s dramatic and inglorious 8 Poland 2 2 4 8 from press end to his top level career was the 9 Neutral Athlete 1 5 0 6 faultU of world championship organisers, 10 Germany 1 2 2 5 London his furious team-mates claimed. ritish athletics legend Mo Farah was hailed by the British press The 30-year-old 100 metres and 11 Czech Republic 1 1 1 3 Byesterday despite his glorious track career ending with defeat in the 200m world record-holder collapsed on 12 Colombia 1 1 0 2 5,000 metres world championships final. the track whilst anchoring Jamaica in Although his silver medal performance was pushed out of the the final of the 4x100m on Saturday as 13 Bahrain 1 1 0 2 limelight by the drama of the men’s 4x100m relay, which saw cramp gripped his leg. fellow legend Usain Bolt collapse with cramp on his own Diniz enjoys his golden Bolt lay prone on the track but held. swansong as Britain pulled off a remarkable victory, as well waved away the offer of a wheelchair and “I think they were holding us too long in as the thrilling opening of the Premier League season, Farah eventually, aided by his three team-mates, the call room. The walk was too long. Usain still commanded many column inches. limped across the line before making a was really cold. In fact Usain said to me, The 34-year-old saw his global championship win streak moment at last hasty exit -- not the way the man who ‘Yohan, I think this is crazy. 40 minutes and of 10 gold medals dating back to the 5,000m at the 2011 had won triple Olympic gold at the same two medal presentations before our run’,” world championships ended as Muktar Edris of Ethiopia stadium in 2012 would have wished his said Yohan Blake, who branded the wait as held off his desperate charge in the finishing straight. London in 2014 when he won the third technique.” competitive career in championships to “crazy”. Obiri denies “End of the track for Mo” headlined The Sunday Times, adding that it was ercurial Frenchman of three European titles, but Diniz, who gave France finish. “We kept warming up and waiting, then a “shattering defeat in front of an adoring crowd”. Yohann Diniz finally still the second fastest time in their third gold medal of the But his team-mates complained that his warming up and waiting,” added the 2011 However, the paper eulogised about the performance by Farah -- who securedM the global title that had history and a championship championships, said he had problem was caused by organisers keeping 100m world champion, who also won came to Britain with his mother and two of his brothers from Somalia frustratingly eluded him when record. purposely avoided watching the relay teams waiting in the cold before Olympic relay gold in 2012 and 2016 with via a spell with his grandparents in Djibouti aged just eight -- in the he won men’s 50 kilometres It was a far happier outcome Saturday’s action. their race as several medal ceremonies were Bolt. (AFP) stadium where he had memorably achieved his first Olympic double walk world championship than his experience in the “A lot of training has Ayana world in 2012. gold at the sixth attempt 2012 Olympics where he gone into this –- cycling, “If defeat is the making of a true champion, then Mo Farah left the yesterday. was disqualified before being swimming –- everything for track at the Olympic stadium last night as the greatest champion of The 39-year-old -- whose captured disconsolately leaning this 50km walk. Last night I all,” wrote its sports writer. previous best was silver in the on a tree in The Mall, or last kept away from watching the “That he failed, beaten finally, for the first time at a major 2007 world championships year’s Rio Games where he TV (athletics) because I did championships since 2011, by Muktar Edris of Ethiopia, -- was even able to enjoy his collapsed twice before bravely not want to get too excited. I double stripped nothing from the legend.” version of the royal wave finishing eighth. went to bed at 9pm because I London pace with nine laps to run and only The Sun on Sunday, never one to miss out on down The Mall leading from However, Diniz -- who was knew it was going to be my day enya’s Hellen Obiri claimed Obiri was able to match her. an eye-catching pun, perhaps unkindly went Buckingham Palace after also disqualified in the 2008 today.” Kconsolation for her Olympic The field was suddenly splintered with “Slow Mo”. leaving his rivals trailing from Olympics -- confessed to Despite his advancing years, silver last year winning the women’s with Hassan, also from Ethiopia but However, Farah -- who has had a an early stage of the gruelling having to pull himself together Diniz said he was likely to carry 5,000 metres world title yesterday. who came to the Netherlands as a tense relationship with large sections event. at one point when he received on and have one last tilt at The 27-year-old produced refugee aged 15, leading a group of the British media over the Diniz spent so much time a warning. winning the only major title a devastating burst down the of five contesting the minor medal. questions raised by his loyalty to celebrating with spectators close “I started having doubts after that has eluded him -- the Jamaica’s Julian Forte (2R), Yohan Blake (L) and Omar McLeod (R) walk with back straight to leave defending Ayana was unable to burn off controversial United States-based to the finish that he missed the 20km,” said Diniz. Olympic gold. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (2L) after Bolt pulled up injured in the final champion Almaz Ayana trailing Obiri as she had done her rivals coach Alberto Salazar -- would have opportunity to eclipse his own “I got a card around 20km “It is a lovely Sunday and went on to win in a time of in the 10,000m -- which she won been happier with what followed. world best mark as he finished too and I thought, ‘I just afternoon. I know you should 14min 34.86sec. by over 46sec -- with the Kenyan (AFP) in 3hrs 33min 12sec, 39sec must not mess this up’. I just never take any decision when Ayana, who had won the 10,000m content to let her 25-year-old rival short of his mark from Zurich concentrated completely on my you are hot,” he said. (AFP) Gatlin hails Bolt the ‘showman’ gold in what was her first race of the do all the pace-setting. Britain’s Mo Farah reacts after coming in second to take silver season, took silver for Ethiopia in Her strategy paid off perfectly London track with what was later diagnosed 14:40.35 with the Netherlands Sifan as heading into the final lap she sentimental Justin Gatlin as a hamstring cramp. Hassan finishing third in 14:42.73. moved up onto Ayana’s shoulder hailed Usain Bolt as an “This is farewell time, I am Ayana had decided to inject and then delivered her coup de “amazingA showman” whose career sentimental about it already now,” some much-needed zip into the grace. (AFP) would certainly not be defined by said Gatlin, who stormed to 100m him pulling up with cramp in the gold in London, US teammate world 4x100m relay, the Jamaican’s Christian Coleman taking silver Germany’s Vetter wins world javelin final competitive race. to relegate Bolt to a disappointing London Vetter threw a best of 89.89 There was high drama in bronze in his individual send-off. ermany’s Johannes Vetter metres, with Czech Jakub Vadlejch Saturday’s relay as anchor man Bolt “In the warm-up area we give Gwon the men’s javelin throw taking silver with 89.73m. received the baton in third place ourselves respect and greet each at the IAAF World Championships Another Czech, Petr Frydrych behind eventual gold medallists other,” Gatlin said of Bolt, who on Saturday. claimed bronze (88.32). Britain and runners- bows out of competition with a up America. startling haul of eight Olympic gold Less than 50 medals and 14 world medals, nine metres down of which are gold. (AFP) the track, Bolt suddenly pulled up, clutching his left leg, tumbling t o the Gold medallists US athletes Aaliyah Brown, Morolake Akinosun, Allyson Felix and Tori Bowie pose Germany’s Eike Onnen competes in the final of the men’s high jump athletics event at the 2017 IAAF on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s 4x100m relay athletics event at the 2017 World Championships at the London Stadium in London yesterday (AFP) IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London yesterday (AFP) US athlete Justin Gatlin (R) embraces Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Germany’s Johannes Vetter competes in the final.