Aug 20, 2009, 8:29 GMT
Berlin - Brigitte Foster-Hylton stormed to 100 metres hurdles gold and mighty Usain coasted into the 200m final on a delightful Wednesday for Jamaica at the world championships.
Foster-Hylton claimed her first major title, completing her set of medals at the worlds after silver in 2003 and bronze in 2005.
Robert Harting sent a home crowd into ecstasy when he stole discus gold on his last attempt and Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain won the 1,500 metres gold in the doping-related absence of compatriot Olympic champion Rashid Ramzi.
The day's other medal events was the controversy-marred women's 800m. The decathlon also continued to its halfway mark.
Foster-Hylton saved the best for the final as she scored a season best 12.51 seconds for victory. Olympic bronze medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada came second in 12.54 and bronze went to Jamaica again, with Delloreen Ennis London on 12.55 seconds.
Olympic champion Dawn Harper of the US was no factor in seventh place with 12.81.
Harting, who has caused plenty of controversy with statements on doping, ripped his shirt to threads and shouldered the mascot after getting gold with a personal best 69.43m on his last attempt.
Malachowski, who had led from round one, had to to settle for silver like at the Olympics with 69.15m while defending and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia came third with 66.88m.
The Kenya-born Kamel outlasted world indoor champion Deresse Mekonnen of Ethiopia on the home stretch, crossing the line in 3 minutes 35.93 seconds.
Mekkonen had 3:36.01 and defending champion Bernard Lagat, a Kenya-born American, came third in 3:36.20. Lagat completed his set of 1,500m medals as he won a silver in 2001.
Kenya came up empty-handed with Olympic silver medallist Aspel Kiprop placing fourth like in 2007 and season leader Augustine Choge fading to fifth after leading until the bell.
Ramzi won the Olympic gold last year, but is suspended after being caught using the latest generation of the blood booster EPO in retests of Olympic samples.
Bolt wasted little energy as he moved within one victory of a sprint double after three Olympic golds last year in 20.08 seconds, the final set for Thursday night little more than two hours ahead of his 23rd birthday.
'My birthday is on Friday, but I did not plan a party. I will have the day for myself, but I cannot do a lot because the 4x100m relay is on Saturday. Yet, I will not run the relay heats on Friday.
'As far as the 200m are concerned and a new world record? I have really not done the same amount of work like I did for the 100m,' said Bolt, who won the 100m on Sunday in a stunning record of 9.58 seconds and is expected to attack his 200m mark of 19.30.
American Wallace Spearmon won the second semi-final in 20.14 seconds and compatriots Charles Clark and Shawn Crawford also made the final.
While Bolt is not expected to be beaten in the 200m, the US team hopes to turn the tide on the Jamaicans in the women's 200m.
Marsheyet Hooker led the heats with 22.51 seconds and two-time defending champion Allyson Felix also advanced with 22.88 seconds. Jamaican Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won her heat in 23.01 seconds.
In the 400m semis, the Olympic champion Merritt clocked 44.37 seconds in his semi-finals as he advanced along with fellow-American two-time defending world champion Jeremy Wariner, who won his race in 44.69 seconds.
The women's 800m was overshadowed by controversy as the ruling body IAAF confirmed four hours ahead of the race it has requested a gender varification test on Caster Semenya of South Africa, who burst onto the scene with a world leading 1:56.73 minutes three weeks ago.
Doubts were raised because of her masculine physique and Davies said a complex process of medical examinations has started, with results expected within the next weeks.
'We don't have any conclusive evidence that she should not be allowed to run,' IAAF spokesman Nick Davies told reporters. 'We are waiting for the report ... We simply ran out of time.'
Earlier in the day, three-time world champion Franka Dietzsch of Germany failed to make the discus final in her 10th appearance at the world while Ethiopian distance running star Tirunseh Dibaba did not compete in the 5,000m heats due to injury.
In addition, Cuban Olympic champion Dayron Robles stated a thigh injury which made him unsure whether he could continue in the 110m beyond the heats through which he barely advanced.
But Robles also said: 'I promised Fidel Castro to bring home the gold medal for him. And I want to keep my promise.'
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