In 2008 the Jamaican quartet of Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter had crossed the line first with a time of 37.10 ahead of Trinidad and Tobago who clocked a 38.06.

Many of the 300 journalists who trekked to the Daeduk Cultural Hall in the hills on the outskirts of Daegu were surprised to hear Michael Frater say, "I didn't come here expecting to run the 100 ...