France's Teddy Tamgho wins gold as World Championships in Moscow wraps up

Five things we learned from day nine, the final day of competition.

Pedro Pablo Pichardo (L), gold medallist Teddy Tamgho (C) and Will Claye pose during the victory ceremony for the men's triple jump, Moscow, 18 August Reuters/Grigory Dukor

• It’s never over till it’s over. The Cuban Pablo Pedro Pichardo was leading the triple jump from the second round. Teddy Tamgho had fluffed two of the previous five chances but then produced a leap of 18 metres and four centimetres. It took him into first place. Given that he was only the third man to jump over 18 metres – the gold was as good as his. But Pichardo had one leap left. He was psyched out and stopped during his run up.

• Go zen to be at one with your gold. Tamgho is coached by the former long jumper Ivan Pedroso. During his time, the Cuban won four world championships and is consequently something of a legend in Cuba. Pedroso coaches Tamgho and it was he who told the Frenchman to be calm and to imagine himself as a champion. Such wisdom and encouragement Pedroso also offers to other Cuban jumpers such as Pichardo. Tamgho says he does draw the line though during competitions. But is that the line in his mind? Jamaicans seem to be very much at one with sprint golds. Six were on offer during the 14 world championships in Moscow . Six went back home to Jamaica.

• Ride your luck. Johan Cronje has been on the circuit for well over 10 years and has won nothing of note. But he came away with a world championship bronze medal in the 1,500 metres. It was all about seeing the space. “The tactics that I had didn’t work,” he recalled. “I didn’t plan to be on the inside but that just happened and I was stuck there. I looked for gaps to go outside the whole time but it didn’t happen and I saw everybody pass on the right hand side and I saw that the guys on the inside were looking outside and as soon as that happens, normally your body drags to the way you look. It was 20 or 30 centimetres to squeeze through and I just made it.”
• Usain Bolt pumps up the legend. Victory in the 4x100 metres relay mean it’s now a record equalling 10 world championship medals. He’s on a par with the Americans Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix. There are two silvers in that tally. The rest is gold.
• It’s important to tell it like it is. Shelley-Ann Fraser Price, like Bolt, won the sprint double and led the Jamaican 4x100 metres relay team to gold in a world championship record of 41.29 seconds. She said later that, of course, one was a combined effort but for the others she had to work for them. They weren’t given to her. Seen?