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MOSCOW -- At the end of Day 1, Usain Bolt is on track to recapture the 100-metre gold he lost at the last world championships and Mo Farah already has the 10,000 title he missed out on two years ago. Even if a false start in his heat was reminiscent of what disqualified him in the 2011 final, it was the runner next to him that was sent packing, not Bolt. On the second attempt, the Jamaican set off confidently and cruised all the way to a time of 10.07 seconds for the 7th fastest time of the day. "I wasnt really worried," Bolt said of the false start. "I was a listening for the gun, so that was good." It did not phase him one bit. After all, the stadium had been filled with the reggae sounds of Bob Marleys classic "Three Little Birds," with the lyrics "Dont worry, bout a thing. Cause every little thing is gonna be all right." Two Americans had the top times with Mike Rodgers clocking 9.98 and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin also dipping under 10, with 9.99. Toronto sprinters Aaron Brown (10.15) and Gavin Smellie (10.30) qualified for the 100-metre semifinal by finishing in the top three in their respective heats. Calgarys Sam Effah (10.21) finished fifth in his heat and just missed qualifying. The three best times outside the top three in the heats qualified for the semifinal, and Effahs time was fourth. Looking around him though, Bolt will know he is the overwhelming favourite in the absence of injured defending champion Yohan Blake and American star Tyson Gay, who is out because of a doping scandal. "I am in great shape," Bolt said. Bolt will be looking to add the 200 and the 4x100 relay title to make it a golden triple one year after a similar feat at the London Olympics. Out on the track, his "Lightning Bolt" pose was only matched by Farahs "Mobot," holding his hands over his head in a heart shape. In a tantalizing finish to the 10,000, the double Olympic long-distance champion from Britain had to fight off defending champion Ibrahim Jeilan over the last 150 metres. But instead of giving in at the line like he did two years ago, Farahs finishing speed was such that he had time to cover his face with his hands and cross the line with his arms wide open. "I won the medal that was missing," Farah said. Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., was ninth in 27:35.76 and Cameron Levins of BlackCreek, B.C., was 14th in 27:47.89 Farah now has to defend his 5,000 title next Friday and, at 30, establish himself as the defining long-distance racer of his time with another 5,000-10,000 double in as many years. Farah had been honing his finishing kick all season, and when he became the fastest European of all time over 1,500 metres last month, he knew he was a world beater. So did all of Britain, convinced he could do as well as his double at the London Olympics, and the relief of living up to expectations was visible as soon as he crossed the line. The relief was all the more so since he almost tripped when he briefly surged into the lead with about four laps to go. He kissed the Mondo blue track and fell on his back looking up at a sky over the Luzhniki Stadium which was just as perfectly blue. Temperatures were close to 27 degrees C when Farah ran, but it was even higher when defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won the first gold medal of the world championships with a blazing late kick on a scorching afternoon. Like the morning qualifying session, few fans were on hand to cheer as Kiplagat entered the stadium well ahead of surprise silver-medallist Valeria Straneo of Italy, also a mother in her 30s. As the marathoners made their way up to Red Square, there were huge empty spaces where fans should have been. Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., was 44th in 3:01.54, while Krista Duchene of Brantford, Ont., did not finish. In the decathlon, 20-year-old Gunnar Nixon set the 10-event competition ablaze in his first major global meet. But after a huge effort in the 400, American teammate Ashton Eaton, the Olympic champion, kept himself in the lead after five of 10 events. Eaton, the world-record holder, clocked 46.02 seconds to run the fastest decathlon 400 at a world championships and build a slight 4,502-4,493 lead over Nixon. Two-time defending champion Trey Hardee dropped out with a hamstring injury after failing to clear any height in the high jump. "So far, hes on fire," Hardee said of Nixon. "I hope he keeps it up." Damian Warner of London, Ont., was in fourth with 4,381 points, behind Germanys Michael Schrader (4,427). 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox finish the season with 22 of their remaining 38 games on the road, but nights like Mondays 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays -- giving the Red Sox the second-best road record in the American League at 32-27 -- provides them with confidence down the stretch.Weve embraced it, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. So much has been made that were going to have such a tough road, and dont get me wrong, we have a tough road ahead of us, regardless of where were playing. But the fact that our guys have let it roll off their back. Theyve bonded even closer together as we get deeper into the season.Tuesday nights game at Tropicana Field pits two starting pitchers at opposite ends of the spectrum. Bostons Clay Buchholz has a career 2.63 ERA in 20 starts against the Rays, second best of any pitcher with 10 or more starts.For all that success, hes just 8-7 during his career against the Rays, and hasnt faced them since May 2015, when he gave up nine hits and five earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. He has struggled this season with a 4-9 record and a 5.42 ERA.Thats stellar compared with Rays starter Chris Archer, who has a major-league leading 16 losses this year and is facing a historic stretch of losing against the Red Sox.Archer is 1-9 in his career with a 5.82 ERA against Boston, having lost nine straight decisions, the longest sstretch for any pitcher since Mike Moore lost 10 straight from 1987 to 1992.dddddddddddd Archer is worse this season, with an 0-3 record and an 8.10 ERA in three starts.The Rays will need him to last deeper into the game than Monday starter Blake Snell, who survived only 3 2/3 innings, setting up a bullpen that gave up four runs and five hits, tasked with getting five-plus innings against a tough Boston lineup.We fell behind early, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Blake just struggled to find the zone and it drove his pitch count up. He did some good things getting ahead of hitters, but it seemed like there were too many bullets wasted, leading to too many walks (five). When you walk this team eight (total) times, youre going to make it difficult to win a ballgame because theyre so deep offensively.Farrell said Bostons strong play, especially on the road, has started with excellent pitching, like David Prices eight shutout innings on Monday and what he hopes is a solid outing now from Buchholz against a team he has a history of strong pitching for a full decade.More importantly, its the way weve pitched, bar none, Farrell said. Weve been in a good run for a solid month, and thats whats allowed us to extend any kind of streaks. ' ' '