Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago was given the same time but was relegated to third by one thousandth of a second. Isaac Makwala of Botswana, the crowd favourite after his illness travails initially saw him barred from competing this week, started strongly but faded to sixth.While the focus is on the bigger names in the 200 tonight watch these two. Jereem Richards ?? and Ramil Guliyev ??
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) August 10, 2017
In the absence of Usain Bolt, who had won the event in the last four championships, it always looked a wide open race, but even with the most level playing field for a decade, few were looking at lane five for the likely winner. Van Niekerk, Makwala, Richards and U.S. duo Isiah Young and Ameer Webb all looked stronger on paper, while the home crowd also focused on local favourite Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake, who eventually came through for fourth.Ramil Guliyev takes gold in the 200m!
— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) August 10, 2017
Turkey's first ever world championship gold medallist.
"A huge surprise" - Mike Costello pic.twitter.com/FAxn5giNj6
Those with a keen athletics eye might point to the fact that Guliyev’s junior best is second only to Bolt's but, after a decade of minor medals in minor championships, and at the age of 27, his chances of global gold looked slim to say the least. Guliyev, who became a Turkish citizen in 2011 and was cleared to represent his new country in 2013, did fire out a warning in the semi-finals when he won his heat ahead of Webb and Van Niekerk and, though he slipped into the final pretty much under the radar, he had been confident all along.Thank you! Thank you for everything... It's crazy moment for my life.
— Ramil Guliyev (@ramiIguliyev) August 10, 2017
Teşekkürler... #RamilGuliyev pic.twitter.com/Jt2oV4cSP3
"This is not a shock," he said. "But it does not feel real. "I have shown my best throughout this competition. I delivered my best race at the right time. I'm so happy to be world champion. This is the best moment of my career. "I was competing against some of the best athletes in the world, so it didn't bother me that the attention was on them. Maybe at the next competition everyone will look at me instead." A choked-up Van Niekerk could barely speak and was upset by what he said was a lack of respect for his 400m victory.Just look what it means.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 10, 2017
Ramil Guliyev has won Turkey's first ever gold medal at the World Champs.#London2017 https://t.co/UvCpmCqjCj pic.twitter.com/SCWjCBSSgT
"It was a tough week, there were a lot of people who felt I didn’t deserve it," he said. "I work just as hard as every other competitor and show everyone respect but I don’t believe I got the respect I deserved after the 400." Makwala said: "I've had one of the craziest championship journeys ever. I pray I won't have to face this again. "I was feeling good but the last 50m I was feeling tired."?Silver at the European Championships....GOLD in London!
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 10, 2017
Ramil Guliyev is the 200m World champion winning in 20.09 #IAAFWorlds pic.twitter.com/RnD2Fxi5Pb
Ramil Guliyev takes Usain Bolt's 200m world title.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 10, 2017
Wayde van Niekerk gets the silver.https://t.co/UvCpmCqjCj #London2017 #bbcathletics pic.twitter.com/KTzKiek7w0