There is a time and place for everything and it seems Usain Bolt picks those moments at will and then delivers performances that simply seem out of this world.
The absolutely stunning and awe inspiring New World 100m World Record by Usain Bolt at the World Championships overshadowed all the other spectacular performances on another night of glorious athletics on Sunday.
This is the headline event and with a time of 9.58, anyone in the know sat up and must have scratched their heads, as this was simply unbelievable.
As good as the USA 's Tyson Gay is, Bolt is simply better.
The Jamaican got a reasonably good start for once (slower than all his rivals bar one) but once the tall powerfully built Olympic Champion got his frame moving it was a simply overwhelming display of brute speed and force combined to obliterate the previous record by .11 of a second, which is massive in sprinting terms.
Gay ran an excellent 9.71 for a new national Record and Asafa Powell rolled in 3rd with a time of 9.84 to round out the podium places.
We had truly witnessed the greatest sprinter in history doing what he does best, run to the top level of his ability.
And my cherry on top is that Bolt is captain in my Fantasy Team, which I am sure many others had as their banker.
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On to the other events and the morning session
Women's 800m heats
Spills and thrills. The defending champion and the World Leader became entangled with 200m to go and the result was Kenya 's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei being left sprawling on the ground, whereas the young South African sensation, Caster Semenya, managed to regain her balance and composure to win the heat in 2:02:51. For the reigning champion that was the end of her Worlds as she stuttered across the line in last position.
Also less fortunate was New Zealand 's Nikki Hamblin who also came to grief and failed to progress further.
However the 2008 sensation, Pamela Jelimo, came through with less trouble than a boiled pear in a heat with Amercian hope, Maggie Vessey, who had found herself in the unfamiliar role of leader in that heat.
There are still the semis to come on Monday however one is left wondering who will deliver the pace in the final with Jepkosgei Busienei no longer in the mix. We should know more after the semis.
All 3 Americans as well as all 3 Brits went through with Morocco's multiple championship medal winner, Hasna Benhassi, yet again sneaking through unnoticed.
Interesting times ahead.
Women's 20k Walk
Russia 's Olga Kaniskina swung her way to vitory in the Women's 20k walk in convincing fashion with Ireland grabbing silver ahead of China.
Olive Loughnane packed punch to edge ahead of Hong Liu for silver and this must have lifted those hopes of medals on the Emerald Isle to a reason to celebrate.Â
For some, walking may look ridiculous and unnecessary, however the more you learn about this technical event, the more you come to understand the difficulty of what needs to be done to achieve the 'walking status' that is required throughout this event. One foot needs to be continually on the ground and whereas this may seem a simple request when we go on our amble through the forest, the difficulty arises when we try to keep one foot on the ground when increasing our speed.
The winners time was 1:28:09, to make you understand the speed, consider two 10km runs one after another in 44 minutes.
Try it some time before dismissing this sport. These are athletes of the highest merit.
The Ennis Women's Heptahlon
Step forward the Queen of Heptathlon, Britain 's Jessica Ennis. A truly remarkable heptathlon for an athlete who will now become the darling ofthe event in very much the same way as Sweden Carolina Kluft. For the Ukraine's Natallia Dobrynska her 'death knoll' seem to come in the shotput on Day 1 when Ennis drove a nail deep into her opposition. Dobrynska never seemed to recover from that and was a shadow of herself on Day 2 with Ennis having to maintain some form in the long jump and javelin.
Poland's Kamila Chudzik moved in to 2nd ahead of Germany's Jennifer Oeser and Dobrynska, and with the 800m to come Ennis looked home and dry.
In the 800m, Ennis seemed to have a moment of rashness when she bolted through the first 200m in sub 28 and she looked seriously jaded with 200m to go with her opposition closing in on her. I truly thought she had blown it and that the possibility of fading out of oblivion over the last 100m was there.
Not so, Ennis gathered her strength once her opponents came alongside and she galloped away to secure her 'maiden' World Title. A truly remarkable 2 days, where Ennis has come to take the 'throne' which many considered was hers for the taking, the 'tadpole' had become Queen.
And for the small print, Germany's Oester reclaimed Silver with Chudzik hanging on to Bronze ahead of Dobrynska.
Something else worth mentioning is the new National Record achieved by Swiss athlete, Linda Züblin, in the Javelin with a throw of 53.01. This is incredibly an open record and not reserved for the Heptathlon only.Â
Women's Shotput
Take 2 for New Zealand's Shotput Warrior Valerie Vili. With her throw of 20.44, Vili secured her 2nd World Title to add to her Osaka success as well as Beijing Olympic Gold. The Kiwi seemed totally in control even when the host nation's Nadine Kleinert took the lead from the 1st throw. On the 3rd attempt Vili took the lead with 20.25 and even the 2nd National Record of Kleinart with her 20.20 would not be enough as Vilia moved further ahead with her 5th and winning throw of 20.44.
For Vili it was more a performance of another day at the office where she never seemed to ignite the aggression that is so often associated with this event.
China's Lijiao Gong took Bronze with her Personal Best 'shove' of 19.89 and her smile of satisfaction was enough to light up many homes in a far away China.
And for me, I had gained a further 100 points towards my Fantasy Team courtesy of the Kiwi magic.      Â
In other events the noticeable lack of performance was the departure of South Africa's Lois Van Zyl who as the World Leader coming into this event faded out of contention while Britain's David Greene cemented his arrival on the big stage with yet another PB when finishing 2nd in 48.27 behind the favoured Bershawn Jackson.
As they say, only time will tell whether Greene can replicate this performance in the final where Kerron Clement will start as favourite.
A good day and nights athletics as we move to Day 3 with a further 300 plus points added to my Fantasy totalÂ
