(Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt false started and was disqualified from the world athletics championships 100 metres final on Sunday.
The world record holder went way too early and tore off his running vest after hearing the second gun to signify a false start.
He left the track bare-chested, grimacing and shaking his head before his world title was taken by compatriot Yohan Blake.
World record holder Bolt ripped off his vest as soon as the second gun went off to indicate the false start and was led disconsolately from the track, his three years of dominance of the short sprint titles over.
However he refused to indulge in self-pity after watching his fellow-Jamaican take his title. "Looking for tears?," he said. "That's not going to happen."
Bolt's 21-year-old training partner Blake made the most of Bolt's absence, spreading his arms out wide as he stormed home in 9.92 seconds to claim his first major title.
"It's a wonderful feeling, I have been praying for this moment my whole life," he said. "I just tell people anybody can do it, you just stay focused, pray to God. My training partner Usain Bolt was out and I got the job done."
American Walter Dix pipped Kim Collins to silver in 10.08 seconds, dipping over the line to leave the 2003 champion from St Kitts and Nevis with a third world championship bronze medal in 10.09.
Dix's silver was his first at the world championships although he won bronze in both sprints at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
France's European champion Christophe Lemaitre was fourth in 10.19 ahead of Antiguan Daniel Bailey (10.26). Another Frenchman, Jimmy Vicaut (10.27), finished sixth with Jamaican Nesta Carter last of the finishers in 10.95.
The field for the final had already been weakened by the absence through injury of Bolt's most likely challengers, American former world champion Tyson Gay and former world record holder Asafa Powell.
Jamaican Steve Mullings and American Mike Rodgers, two other sprinters who have run faster than Bolt this year, missed the championships because of doping violations.
Bolt had been considered vulnerable after a less than stellar season by his own standards but had produced commanding performances in the heats and semi-finals.
Jamaican Usain Bolt blazed to the 200 metres title at the world championships on Saturday in 19.40 seconds to confirm his reputation as the king of sprinters.
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