I just went out and I won and then like 'Ahhh.'" Another Jamaican,Kerron Stewart, just missed catching Fraser at the tape and finished with the silver medal, 2/100ths of a second back.

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Fellow American Kerron Clement retained his men's 400m hurdles crown with a world best for the year of 47.91 seconds.

BBC: Bolt storms through to 200m semis

Jamaica looked strong in qualifying in the women's 100m semi-finals, with Kerron Stewart clocking 10.92 seconds and defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.99s.

BBC: Ohuruogu and Idowu reach finals

With 100m world silver medallist Kerron Stewart anchoring the team, they proved too strong for the Bahamas, with the Germans taking a surprise bronze.

BBC: Jamaica's Bolt takes third gold