That amazing man in his flying machine. Words cannot describe the awesome ability of Usain Bolt, yet again he delivered on the World stage with a manner of nonchalance and calm by storming to 19.19, a New World Record, to capture the Berlin world Championships 200m Title.
If the 100m was breathtaking, the 200m was sublime. The ease with which this athlete runs is absolutely amazing to witness. His power to weight ratio is unfathonable and just like Bob Beamon's wonderjump in Mexico 1968, the other athletes can only watch in awe.
In 1968, Ter-Ovanesyan declared: "Compared to this jump we are as children."
Bolt's competitors will be forgiven for thinking the same thoughts when comparing to his sprinting ability. This is a challenge the athletes have to rise to, not only the Jamaican athletes but the World's athletes, this is an opportunity for each athlete to explore their boundaries and to push to where they have not considered possible.
In the build-up to the 200m final, Bolt was relaxed as normal and the one athlete who seemed to benefit the most from Bolt's blitz was Panama's Alonso Edward who captured Silver in an Area Record (AR) time of 19.81 with the USA's Wallace Spearman taking Bronze, defending champion Shawn Crawford ran and aggressive race and a brilliant bend but faded over the last 30m, whether this can be attributed to mental or physical only he can know.
All Jamaica's athletes seem to have taken up the torch that Bolt's performances has provided and the country's standards and belief has risen to new levels which is reflected in Berlin.
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Other events and heats on Day 6 in Berlin
Earlier in the day we saw the running of Round One in the Men's 800m and all the top contenders from Sudan's Abubaker Kaki through to Russia 's Yuriy Borzakovskiy progressed with minimal fuss. Some top contenders South Africa's Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Canada's Gary Reed, Bahrain's Yusuf Saad Kamel (winner of the previous night's 1500 title), Kenya's Alfred Kirwa Yego and the USA's Nick Symmonds all chose to win their heat to progress.
One athlete not so lucky to go through was Ireland's Thomas Chamney however Britain's Michael Rimmer made sure he was there after displaying some questionable tactics earlier this season on the circuit. The semis await them on Day 7
The Men's 5000m heats saw Ethiopia's 10000m Champion, Kenenisa Bekele, progress without much fuss towards his aim of a 5000/10000 double, something which has not been achieved in the history of the World Championships. His compatriot Ali Abdosh got a reprieve after losing a shoe and was put into the final. It seemed as though the Kenyans were intent on making it difficult for Abdosh as they seemed to pick up the pace in an effort to keep him out of the leading bunch. To no avail. It will be an interesting final come Sunday.
The Men's Long jump qualification saw both my Fantasy Team picks, South African Godfrey Khotso Mokoena and Panama's Irving Saladino go through while Britain 's Greg Rutherford progressed via the form of a new National Record (NR) of 8m 30.
Women's 400m hurdles
Jamaica's Melaine Walker blazed the last 50m of the Women's 400m hurdles in spectacular fashion to establish a new Championship Record of 52.42 ahead of the USA's Lashinda Demus with the Trinidad's Josanne Lucas grabbing Bronze in a new NR of 53.20.
Women's High Jump
And my faith in Croatia's Blanka Vlašic paid dividends in the form of 100 Fantasy points. A year ago Vlašic was left feeling devastated after a season of total dominance only to fail at the Beijing Olympics. This season she came into the Championships having lost previously to Germany's Ariane Friedrich and not as absolute favourite. With this win she was sure to have built on her mental strength, the height doesn't count for much, 2.04, however the win is immeasurable.
Men's Decathlon
What an event, with the lead changing hands continually and one of the most brilliant High Jump shows put on in the competition, the Decathlon seemed to gain new interest. No longer was it a dominant show of one athlete from day 1 but more a mix of individual performances coming to the fore. The USA's Trey Hardee hung on to take Gold. Cuba's Leonel Suárez was highly fancied but had an awful start with the 100m and Long Jump on Day 1 but came back on Day 2 to claim the Silver, what followed was no less than 12 PB's with Area Records and NR's amongst that. A decathlon of mega proportions.
Yet another day and night of dazzling athletics delivered from Berlin. Â
