#London2017: Bolt, Blake ease through to 100m final
Jamaica's Usain Bolt (2L) and US athlete Christian Coleman (2R) look at each other in the semi-finals of the men's 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 5, 2017.
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August 4, 2017

#London2017: Bolt, Blake ease through to 100m final

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The gauntlet has been thrown down to Usain Bolt! After a long US collegiate season, Christian Coleman showed there is still plenty left in the tank as he won the third semi final in 9.97s.

Usain Bolt closed fast, glancing across at Coleman as he stopped the clock at 9.98s — just outside his season’s best.

Bolt’s teammate Yohan Blake had previously won heat two, clocking 10.04 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Reece Prescod in 10.05s.

Meanwhile, despite being the first athlete to achieve a sub-10 clocking in the championship when he won his heat yesterday, Jamaica’s third 100m semi-finalists Julian Forte finished fourth in heat one. His time of 10.13s was not good enough to qualify as one of the two fastest losers.

Akani Simbine, who only made it to the semi final as a fastest loser, won that heat. The South African was first into the 100m final in 10.05s ahead of Justin Gatlin in 10.09s.

Rivalries will be resumed in tonight’s final at 3:45 pm.

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Jamaica’s Yohan Blake finsihes the semi-finals of the men’s 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 5, 2017.
US athlete Justin Gatlin (L) and Jamaica’s Julian Forte compete in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 5, 2017.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt competes in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 5, 2017.

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