Justin Gatlin ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell party when the 35-year-old American won the world 100 metres title, sparking a chorus of boos from a crowd unhappy with his doping past.

As so often before Jamaican Bolt made a terrible start but this time he could not make it up as Christian Coleman, the 21-year-old American who beat him in the semi-finals looked set for victory.

But former world and Olympic champion Gatlin, who stumbled at the death to lose the 2015 world final to Bolt, timed his surge and dip to perfection to win in 9.92 seconds on Saturday.

Coleman took silver in 9.94 with Bolt third in 9.95.

Ethiopian Almaz Ayana also destroyed the field to win the 10,000 metres, finishing about 300 metres clear of her rivals.

The Olympic champion, who has not raced on the European circuit this season due to injury, began pulling away from the field after 10 laps, sweeping past back markers who were made to look sluggish in comparison.

She finished in 30:16.32 seconds, well outside the world record she set when she won in Rio last year but still an astonishing 46.37 ahead of her compatriot and former world and Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba who took the silver.

Lithuanian Andrius Gudzius, a one-time junior prodigy, finally fulfilled expectations to shock the big names in the discus and take gold with a second-round throw of 69.21 metres, the best of his life.

South Africa’s Luvo Manyonga won the long jump title with a second round leap of 8.48 metres.

Defending 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba had to face an agonising wait before she secured qualification for the final after a pair of closely contested semi-finals.

The Ethiopian world record holder finished sixth in the first semi, meaning she had to wait until the second race was finished before discovering that she had gone through as one of the fastest qualifiers following the automatic places.

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya looks a good bet to add the world title to her 2016 Olympic gold on Monday as she led the way with the fastest time of 4:03.54.