Usain Bolt has captured another world record, winning the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds at the world championships.
Bolt shaved 0.11 seconds off the record he set at the Beijing Olympics, beating defending champion Tyson Gay on Sunday, who set a U.S. record of 9.71 seconds.
In the fastest 100 ever, Asafa Powell earned a bronze with a time of 9.84 in Berlin.
The race had been the most anticipated event of the world championships and lived up to its billing.
Bolt won the Olympic gold in Beijing last year with a world record performance of 9.69.
Usain Bolt said he was ready for the world record even before the final at the World Championships.
The Jamaican stormed to a stunning victory with a new world record of 9.58 seconds, shaving 0.11 seconds off his own record of9.69 set in last year's Olympic Games.
"I was definitely ready for the world record and I did it! " he said.
"I am proud of myself. This is a big moment in history but you never know what happens tomorrow. For me it was a great run.
"This is big in Jamaica. I just came to execute and I did it right."
Triple world champion Tyson Gay of the United States, who vowed to beat Bolt earlier, found that he had just no chance, even though he won the silver with a U.S. national record of 9.71 seconds.
"There were seven guys and not just Tyson running in this final with me. I took them all seriously. Yes, my parents are here. I had nuggets for lunch. The first phone call I got was from a TV station in Jamaica and the second from our Prime Minster."
He said that he had expected to set a world record but did not expect to beat the record by such a big margin.
"I was focused and came out to execute, I did not think that I could run 0.1s faster than my own world record.
"But for me, anything is possible. I did not worry about anything before the race. I do the worrying outside of competition."
Bolt, who also won the 200m and 4X100m relay in Beijing, said: "The game is now on for the 200m gold."
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