Usain Bolt rode to the rescue of his beleaguered sport in the toughest race of his career as he dashed Justin Gatlin’s hopes of 100m gold at the World Championships in Beijing.

Jason Smyth is a double Olympic Champion once again after he made it gold medal number eight for Team Ireland with victory in the 200 metres T13 final.

Usain Bolt last night fulfilled his dream of becoming a “legend” of the sport by successfully defending his Olympic 100m title in stunning style in London.

Usain Bolt overcame a poor start to claim an easy victory in the 100m at the AF Golden League meeting in Zurich despite clearly being under the weather.

Manchester United 0, Bolton 1