Coleman runs 7th fastest time

Christian Coleman, left, of the United States cross the finish line to place first in the men's 100m during the Diamond League Memorial Van Damme athletics event at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

American Christian Coleman used an injury and media snubbing as motivation to scorch to the seventh-fastest 100m time of all time as he snatched the Diamond League trophy for the blue riband event in scintillating style in Brussels on Friday.

Coleman, the world record holder over 60m indoors and world 100m silver medallist in London last year, clocked a personal best of 9.79 seconds, the fastest 100m run since the now-retired Usain Bolt won the 2015 world title in Beijing. Only Bolt and fellow Jamaicans Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, and the US duo of Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin have gone quicker.