US sprinter Justin Gatlin tells heckler to leave mom alone

“I had a lot of confidence in this race because I told myself: you are the world record holder”, said Dibaba, who last month ran 3:50.07 to shatter the world best set in 1993 by China’s Qu Yunxia, a product of controversial coach Massachusetts Junren.

“Win or lose, the semifinals will be incredible, and I’m just looking forward to it”, Sani Brown said.

Rising to the occasion as he always does, Bolt put a shockingly bad semi-final heat behind him to recover with a good start in the final.

Now after the blue-ribband event, attention switches to tomorrow’s battle over 200m with Bolt desperate to seal the double in his latest duel with Gatlin.

Also on day four, there will be a new champion in the men s 400m hurdles after Trinidad and Tobago s defending champion Jehue Gordon failed to make it into the final.

“It’s definitely number one when it comes to competition”.

Bolt scorched home at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest in 9.79 seconds, beating off a stumbling Gatlin by just one-hundredth of a second in a thriller of a race. In the finals, the man in the green-yellow jersey exploded and won his third title in the most prestigious track and field discipline after 2009 and-2013.

Such disbelief and shrouding of controversy over the said sport was somehow redeemed though Bolt’s victory.

Gatlin has been unbeaten in the 100-meter since September 2013 and in the 200-meter event since May of that same year.

Contrasting emotions for Gatlin, who will probably never have such a good opportunity again to beat Bolt. “Anything can happen”, said Gatlin in a clip of the interview posted on YouTube.

Then came the question about his stunning performances.

Gatlin may feel he’s been victimised, and given he’s running fast and running clean at this stage in his career, he deserves a little more credit. “It was a stumble that wasn’t caused by anything other than Usain Bolt“.

Jeanette and Willie Gatlin, who reside in Pensacola, have traveled to attend a majority of Gatlin’s major races.

He looked a step closer to his old form at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow previous year, but his success in Beijing is his first World Championship gold in the 800m since 2011.

He lost the tightest finish since the 2003 world championships in Paris. Laura Ikauniece-Admidina of Latvia took bronze with 6,516 points.

His focus turned immediately to the 200m, in which he will be seeking a fourth consecutive title after having previously triumphed in Berlin, Daegu and Moscow. Storl had to settle for silver with a best of 21.74. With five days left in the meet, the United States is in sixth place in medals, with only one gold and six overall.