Stockholm.– In the season’s single most anticipated face-off, Tyson Gay handed Usain Bolt his first 100m defeat in two years to highlight the DN Galan (Samsung Diamond League), where Dominican Felix Sanchez, the 2004 Olympic champion, was previously disqualified for a false start.

In their first meeting in nearly a year –and just their third 100m head-to-head ever– history’s two fastest men lined up side-by-side, two brick red lanes in Stockholm’s historic 1912 Olympic Stadium which were the focus on this night of much the sporting world.

And in the end it wasn’t even close, with the American record holder powering to a 9.84 meeting record leaving the Jamaican well back and heaving in his wake.