What happened on day two of world aths

Snapshot of day two at the world athletics championships in London.

SNAPSHOT OF ACTION FROM DAY TWO OF THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Star of the day: Judging by the boos, the capacity crowd thought otherwise but it's hard to go past men's 100m gold medallist Justin Gatlin.

Best Australian performance: Zoe Buckman was unable to replicate her run to the women's 1500m final four years ago in Moscow, but still gave it her all in a tough semi won by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon.

Upset of the day: Usain Bolt being relegated to the bronze-medal position in the men's 100m by Gatlin and fellow American Christian Coleman.

Quote of the day: "I'm just disappointed I couldn't do better for (the crowd) but that's how it goes sometimes," said Bolt.

Stat of the day: A massive 46.37 seconds separated women's 10,000m gold medallist Almaz Ayana from the runner-up, fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba.


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