Ironically, it was an uncharacteristically fast start that slowed down the seemingly unbeatable Usain Bolt in yesterday鈥檚 Rome Diamond League 100 meters. His 9.95-second time brought him a , marking his first significant loss since 2011.聽
Bolt took the loss in stride, saying that . 鈥淭hat was ridiculous,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 have to do more strength work, I guess. At the end it was just not me.” After a brief moment of disappointment, Bolt shook Gatlin鈥檚 hand.
Gatlin himself was banned from competition from 2006 to 2010 after he tested positive for doping, and before the race. But at the finish line he kept his celebrations restrained.
Watch them face off鈥攁nd finish just a hundredth of a second apart: