 Fellow Jamaican former world record holder Asafa Powell won bronze in a season's best of 9.84.Bolt broke the 100 m world record by the biggest margin ever in the modern era and became the first human to go under 9.6 seconds.The very next day on 17 August was the final of the women's 100 m. Four Jamaicans had made the final (Aleen Bailey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown) and although the possible 1-2-3-4 failed to materialise Shelly-Ann Fraser sprinted to World gold in 10.73 seconds breaking the great Merlene Ottey 13-year-old national record.