Usain Bolt wins 100m final in driving rain at World Athletics Championships in Moscow

THE lightning came. The rain came. And then Usain Bolt delivered.

Not even Mother Nature could stop the greatest sprinter in history from reclaiming the world title which he lost two years ago.
In driving rain Bolt charged home over the final 20m to grab American Justin Gatlin and win his fourth major championships 100m gold medal in 9.77sec.
"I am happy but I wanted to do better," Bolt said. "My legs were sore after the semi-finals, I don't know why, but the world record (9.58) wasn't on so I came out just to win.
"Back in Jamaica, they do not expect less than that from me. They always expect me to dominate!"
                  
Given the controversy surrounding the blue riband event following the positive tests to Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell in the lead-up, the sport needed Bolt to shine.

And it didn't need Gatlin - who clocked 9.85sec for silver - to steal it from him given the American has twice been suspended in his career for doping.

Bolt's three Jamaican teammates were next across the line with Nesta Carter third (9.95sec), Kemar Bailey-Cole fourth (9.98sec) and Nickel Ashmeade fifth (9.98sec).
The victory is another step in the Jamaican superstar's quest to become a legend of sport and mentioned alongside Michael Jordan, Pele and Muhammad Ali.
Bolt, who turns 27 later this month, now has an incredible six Olympic gold medals and six world titles to his name.
Only Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson have won more world titles with eight although he has a chance to join them given he still has the 200m and 4x100m relay to come.
After scorching heat all day in the Russian capital, the skies closed in half-an-hour before the men's 100m final with the good omen of lightning bolts ringing out around Luzhniki Stadium.
During the introductions the ever relaxed Bolt pulled out a pretend umbrella but he quickly snapped back into business and this time there were no mistakes coming out of the blocks.
Bolt was disqualified from the 2011 final in Daegu after false-starting which meant his countryman Yohan Blake - who missed these championships because of injury - took the title.
He bounced back to win the sprint double at last year's London Olympics and will look to complete it for a third time in his preferred event of the 200m later in the week.
Earlier in the women's 10,000m another two-time Olympic champion delivered again with Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba a brilliant winner in 30min43.35sec.