The 20-year-old clocked 10.16 seconds to finish well clear of second-placed Churandy Martina, while his compatriot Tyrone Edgar finished third.

BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Pickering continues winning run

Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey all impressed to finish 0.71 seconds behind the winning Jamaican sprint team.

BBC: GB quartet seal stunning bronze

An injury to Tyrone Edgar means Craig Pickering and Simeon Williamson will line up alongside gold-medal favourite Chambers in the 60 metres.

BBC: Chambers included in GB Euro team

British sprinter Tyrone Edgar was then unlucky to have been adjudged to start just 0.094 seconds too quickly and be disqualified, setting nerves jangling among the competitors.

CNN: Bolt smashes own record to win world 100m title

Great Britain's men made it through the heats of the 4x100m relay as Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey set the second best time of 38.11.

BBC: Dobriskey through to 1500m final

Trinidad and Tobago's time of 37.62s saw them set a new national record, while Britain, whose line-up included Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, ran a season's best 38.02 to grab an impressive bronze.

BBC: Jamaica's Bolt takes third gold

With Chambers already on the Turin plane, it was left to Britain's young pretenders to scrap it out for the remaining two 60m places, though Tyrone Edgar is almost certain to be absent after tearing a hamstring in the warm-up.

BBC: Banishing the Beijing demons

Nugent is likely to be the final Burnley signing of a transfer window that has seen them recruit David Edgar, Steven Fletcher, Tyrone Mears, Brian Easton, Richard Eckersley, Andre Bikey and Joe McKee.

BBC: Nugent seals loan move to Burnley