In the 100-meter men’s final of the World Athletics Championships, Christian Coleman of the USA was able to secure the gold with a time of 9.76 seconds at the race held in Doha. 
As for England’s Zharnel Hughes, he finished at the 6th place with his tie of 10.03 seconds.
The 2nd place and the silver medal went to another American named Justin Gatlin with a time of 9.89 seconds while the bronze was won by Andre De Grasse of Canada with the time of 9.90 seconds.
The dominant run by Coleman is recorded to be the 6th fastest run for the men’s 100m final of all times with the previous five runners also making the time in the sub-10 seconds time.
Coleman said of his win, “I am not the new Usain Bolt instead I am the new Christian Coleman. It is a really incredible feeling to be able to come out here and have my name on the list of the legendary names and the world champions. Now I can also say that I am one of them. This is the thing that I have dedicated my life for the past few years and now it is humbling and grateful to be here. This is something that now no one can ever take away from me. I am a world champion, this feeling is crazy.”
As for the women’s 100m final of the World Athletics Championships held in Doha, the gold medal went to Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser with the time of 10.71 seconds. As for Dina Asher-Smith, the world rank no.1, she was able to win the Silver medal for Great Britain.
32 years old Fraser-Pryce has won the Gold Medal for the 100m race at World Championship 4 times along with her 2 Olympic medals. These titles cement her place as inarguably as one of the fastest female sprinters of this generation.
As for Asher-Smith, she finished for the 2nd place with her best finishing time of 10.83 seconds which is also a national record for Great Britain.
Following her victory, Fraser-Pryce said, “To be able to stand here winning the Gold at the World Championship after having my baby, this is an elated feeling. I congratulate all the ladies here. The females keep showing up. We seem to love to put up a performance. As for me, I am just really glad to have made it away with a win of this magnitude.”
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