He’s got the power: Maguire

a much healthier gloss heading into the tenth and final day, rocketing Great Britain up to fourth on the medal table.

If five years ago it was “Super Saturday” then this might better be described as “Staggering Saturday”.

In all the drama and emotion, the sad end to Usain Bolt’s magnificent career as he buckled with hamstring cramp on the anchor leg for a lagging Jamaican effort, became a bit of an awkward, unfortunate sideshow to an historic night for GB athletics as a first ever men’s world 4x100m crown was achieved by CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-blake.

The bleating by the Jamaicans about the delay to the race start possibly causing Bolt’s meltdown merely added to the sense that a sporting colossus deserved a better swansong than this. But such is the pain and beauty of sport.

No other runner seemed to be

“In all the drama and emotion, the sad end to Bolt’s magnificent career as he buckled with hamstring cramp on the anchor leg for a lagging Jamaican effort, became a bit of an awkward sideshow to an historic night for GB athletics”

affected by the delay. Perhaps boogieing in a Soho nightclub until dawn hadn’t been a sufficient warm down for those clearly weary limbs following his 100m loss last weekend.

Flippancy aside, the image of Bolt hobbling over the finish line with the help of his team-mates will fade fast