Usain Bolt claimed a third 100m World Championships title thanks to a narrow victory ahead of Justin Gatlin in Beijing.
The Jamaican sprinter survived a scare in his semi-final after staggering at the start, and looked like finishing second after 70 metres of the final, with Gatlin in front.
But Bolt - so often a clear winner in major finals - dug deep and pipped his rival on the line, to claim gold in his season's best time of 9.79, with Gatlin second in 9.8.
The American had clocked 9.77 in his semi, yet the pressure of being so close to beating the world's fastest ever man appeared to slow him down at exactly the wrong moment in the final.
"Gatlin looked nervous," said Darren Campbell, a 2004 Olympic sprint relay gold medal winner for Great Britain.
"Gatlin couldn't open the lead he needed and he could feel Bolt coming."
Bronze was shared by the USA's Trayvon Bromwell and Canada's Andre De Grasse, who both clocked 9.911 when calculated to the nearest thousandth of a second.
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